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YT-119
Geronimo (YTM-119)


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
American Defense Service Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

District Harbor Tug:
  • Built (date unknown) at Navy Yard Boston, MA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned, USS YT-119, 7 March 1933
  • During World War II Geronimo was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was at :
  • Decommissioned and placed in service as Geronimo (YTM-119), 15 May 1944
  • Placed out of service, 30 April 1946, at Honolulu, T.H.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 December 1946
  • Sold by the War Assets Administration to John Hanson, 23 July 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Geronimo earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 270 t.
    Length 110' 6"
    Beam 24'
    Draft 8' 1"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion unknown

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