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USS Wahneta (YTM-134)
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 USS Wahneta (YT-134) (1939 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Mike - Delta
 NEMD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Laid down, 29 September 1938
  • Launched, 04 May 1939
  • Commissioned USS Wahneta (YT-134), 23 June 1939
  • Designated District Harbor Tug, Medium (YTM-134), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register, 30 December 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 2 June 1947, for disposal
  • Sold to Curtis Bay Towing, Baltimore, MD and renamed C. Stewart Lee (ON 253463), 1947
  • Sold to Bay Towing Co., Norfolk, VA and renamed Bay Prince, 1971
  • Sold to Indian River Towing Co., Wilmington, DE, renamed Marie Swann, 1998
  • Final disposition, status unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 250 tons
    Length 99' 9"
    Beam 25'
    Draft 8' 5"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    PropulsionDiesel electric, single screw
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    USS Wahneta (YT-134)
    Narkeeta 379k From left to right; Wahneta (YT-134), Narkeeta (YT-133) and Self-propelled Garbage Lighter YG-21. at the end of building ways # 1 at Mare Island Navy Yard, April 17, 1939. All three of these vessels were launched, 4 May 1939.
    US Navy photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Wahneta 78k Wahneta (YT-134) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 June 1939, prior to her commissioning on 23 June.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 952-39.    		 Robert Hurst, courtesy Tom Anderson
    Wahneta 70k Wahneta (YT-134) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 June 1939
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst, courtesy Tom Anderson
    USS Wahneta (YTM-134)
    Wahneta 90k Broadside view of USS Wahneta (YTM-134) at Mare Island, 9 November 1945. The superstructure above the stern of Wahneta is that of USS Missoula (APA 211) in dry dock #3.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 7015-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    Commercial Service
    Wahneta 55k Wahneta (YT-134) underway as the Curtis Bay tug C. Stewart Lee, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy Bill Roberts, via tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Wahneta 45k Wahneta (YT-134) as the Bay Towing tug Bay Prince, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy Bill Roberts, via tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Wahneta 62k Wahneta (YT-134) as the Bay Towing tug Bay Prince, date and location unknown, but obviously during winter!
    Photo courtesy Bill Roberts, via tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Wahneta (YT-134 / YTM-134)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 18 September 2015