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YT-139 / YTB-139 / YTM-139 Ala

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Woban Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 23 September 1939, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Launched, 6 November 1939
  • Placed in service, 11 March 1940 in the 13th Naval District as Ala (YT-139)
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large, YTB-139, 15 May 1944
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium, YTM-139, in February 1962
  • Final Disposition, ran aground and then sank in Kuluk Bay near the Naval Station, Adak, 19 May 1964
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 20 May 1965
    Specifications:
    Displacement 325 t.(fl)
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 11' 5" (max)
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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