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Tug # 96 / YMT-10 / YT-96 / YTL-96

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as the copper-sheathed wooden hulled tug Tug # 96 at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 10 July 1919
  • Placed in service as Tug # 96 at Mare Island
  • Designated District Harbor Tug YT-96 in 1922
  • Redesignated Yard Motor Tug YMT-10 in 1924
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Small YTL-96 in 1945
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition (fate unknown)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 54 t.
    Length 65'
    Beam 16' 2"
    Draft 6' 2"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion Union 4 cylinder, 4 cycle gasoline engine, 12" X 15", single screw
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    Kalk 109k YMT-10 assisting Kalk (DD-611) off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 27 December 1942. Oil Storage Barge YOS-1 is beyond the tug's stack. The city of Vallejo is in the background.
    US Navy photo # NH 98079 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Conyngham 106kYMT-10 stands by to assist Conyngham (DD-371) in the Mare Island channel, 19 May 1944. Conyngham was in overhaul at Mare Island from 18 March to 24 May 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 23d.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2978-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    YTL-96 93k Broadside view of YTL-96 at Mare Island, 2 November 1945.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 7028-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history available for YT-96 / YMT-10 / YTL-96 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
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    Last Updated 5 January 2007