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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

YTL-96
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YT-96 (1924 - 1945)
YMT-10 (1922 - 1924)
Tug # 96 (1919 - 1922)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Yankee - Tango
NUYT

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

one Union 4 cylinder, 4 cycle gasoline engine, 12" X 15"

single propeller

Size	Image Description	Source
1906k	Mare Island Navy Yard tugs assist *USS Henley* (DD-391) in the Mare Island channel after her launching on 12 January 1937. YTM-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 15-37, Navy Photo, 1/12/1937.	Darryl Baker
95k	*YMT-10* assists *USS Shaw* (DD-373)** after undocking at Mare Island Navy Yard, 3 May 42.	Darryl Baker
109k	*YMT-10* assisting *USS 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
106k	*YMT-10* stands by to assist *USS 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
93k	Broadside view of *YTL-96* at Mare Island, 2 November 1945. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 7028-45.	Darryl Baker