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YTL-87
ex
 YMT-2 (1929 - 1944)
 YT-87 (1920 - 1929)
 Harbor Tug # 87 (1920 - 1922)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Tango - Bravo
 NYTB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, 04 November 1918
  • Placed in service at Mare Island as Harbor Tug No. 87, 1919
  • Designated District Harbor Tug YT-87, 17 July 1920
  • Redesignated Yard Motor Tug YMT-2, 1929
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Small YTL-87, 15 May 1944
  • Assigned to Twelfth Naval District at Mare Island entire career
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, March 1947
  • Sold to Paul Gatto, San Francisco, CA, and renamed Swan (ON 253154), 1948
  • Final disposition, no record after 1955
    Specifications:
    Displacement 54 tons
    Length 65'
    Beam 16' 2"
    Draft 6' 2"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    one Union 4 cylinder, 4 cycle gasoline engine, 150shp
    single 12" X 15" propeller
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    SS 168 303k The submarine V-6 (SC-2) after launching at Mare Island Navy Yard, 15 March 1930. She is being assisted by, from left to right: YMT-2, Navigator (YT-39) and YMT-4 into her berth at the fitting out dock. Photo from the private collection of Ric Hedman
    YTL-87 2173k Mare Island Navy Yard tugs assist destroyer Henley (DD-391) in the Mare Island channel after her launching on 12 January 1937. YMT-2 has a line on the bow while YMT-4 has a line at the stern. Navigator (YT-39) is visible on the port side of Henley.
    File name: DD 391 15-37, Navy Photo, 1/12/1937    		 Darryl L. Baker
    YTL-96 1906k Mare Island Navy Yard tugs assist Henley (DD-391) in the Mare Island channel after her launching on 12 January 1937. YMT-10 on the starboard side, bows on, facing the camera. YMT-4 has a line at the stern. Navigator (YT-39) is visible on the port side of Henley and YMT-2 is departing the area forward of Henley.
    File name: DD 391 16-37, Navy Photo, 1/12/1937    		 Darryl L. Baker
    Bushnell 82k YTL-87 assisting Bushnell (AS-15) immediately after her launching at Mare Island Navy Yard, 14 September 1942. An unidentified tug is at Bushnell's starboard quarter aft.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 194640.    		 Darryl L. Baker
    YW-101 65k YTL-87 assisting YW-101 to her outfitting berth immediately after her launching at Mare Island, 31 May 1944.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo #3266-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    YT-87 84k Broadside view of YTL-87 off Mare Island, 09 November 1945.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo #7028-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history available for YT-87 / YMT-2 / YTL-87 at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 07 April 2017