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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

YTL-89
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YMT-4 (1929 - 1944)
YT-89 (1920 - 1929)
Harbor Tug # 89 (1919 - 1920)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Victor - Zulu
NYVZ

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, 07 November 1918

Placed in service at Mare Island as Harbor Tug No. 89, 1919

Designated District Harbor Tug YT-89, 17 July 1920

Redesignated Yard Motor Tug YMT-4, 1929

Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Small YTL-89, 15 May 1944

Assigned to Twelfth Naval District at Mare Island entire career

Placed out of service, September 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, November 1946

To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, June 1947

Sold to John K. Seaborn, Alameda, CA and renamed Seaborn (ON 259656), 1950

Final disposition, rammed by SS Seafighter in fog off Santa Barbara, CA, 02 September 1951

Seaborn survived, but his two teenage children were lost

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

Size	Image Description	Source
46k	*Yard Motor Tug No. 89* off Mare Island near the beginning of her career. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 41603	Robert Hurst
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
2173k	Mare Island Navy Yard tugs assist 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
1906k	Mare Island Navy Yard tugs assist *USS 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 Baker
147k	YMT-4 maneuvering astern of Taganak (AG-45) off Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 July 1942. National Archives photo 19-N-32050, from the Bureau of Ships collection (cropped)	Dave Wright
237k	YMT-10 and YMT-4 assist an unidentified CVE mooring at Mare Island, circa 1943. National Archives photo 80-G-K-16111 (cropped)	Dave Wright
90k	Broadside view of YTL-89 off Mare Island, 02 November 1945. The tug in the far background may be YTL-87. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 6966-45	Darryl Baker