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Shahaka (YTM-368)
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Shahaka (YTB-368) (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - India - Mike
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Allaquippa Class District Harbor Tug, Large:
  • Built in late 1943, at Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Inc., Port Arthur, TX.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered and placed in service, as Shahaka (YTB-368), 23 February 1944
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-368, 15 May 1944
  • Sunk after colliding with USS ABSD-2 midway between the California coast and the Hawaiian Islands at 27° 21'N 136° 29'W
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 9 June 1944
    Specifications:
    Displacement 325 t.(fl)
    Length 102'
    Beam 24'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel, single screw

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