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Ala (YTM-139)
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 Ala (YTB-139) (1944 - 1962)
 Ala (YT-139) (1940 - 1944)


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Woban Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
  • Laid down, 23 September 1939
  • Launched, 06 November 1939
  • Placed in service as Ala (YT-139), 11 March 1940
  • Assigned to Thirteenth Naval District, 1940 -1944
  • Assigned to Seventeenth Naval District with creation of that entity, 15 April 1944
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large, YTB-139, 15 May 1944
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium, YTM-139, February 1962
  • Final Disposition, ran aground and then sank in Kuluk Bay near Naval Station, Adak, 19 May 1964
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 20 May 1965
    Specifications:
    Displacement 325 tons (full load)
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 11' 5" (max)
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion
    one Diesel-electric engine
    single screw 1,000shp
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    Ala 68k Ala (YTB-139) moored at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 18 June 1941.National Archives photo 19-N-24268 (cropped) Dave Wright
    Ala 1236k Ala (YTB-139) underway, with a tow alongside, near Bremerton Navy Yard in March 1946. Photo by Ralph J. Dale Keith S. Dale for his father Ralph J. DALE MM2/c Ala
    Ala 1630k Ala (YTB-139) moored pierside across from USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Bremerton Navy Yard in March 1946. Photo by Ralph J. Dale. Keith S. Dale for his father Ralph J. DALE MM2/c Ala
    Ala 1515k Ala (YTB-139) moored astern of USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Bremerton Navy Yard in March 1946. Photo by Ralph J. Dale. Keith S. Dale for his father Ralph J. DALE MM2/c Ala
    Ala 1552k Ala (YTB-139) moored pierside at Bremerton Navy Yard in March 1946. Photo by Ralph J. Dale. Keith S. Dale for his father Ralph J. DALE MM2/c Ala
    Ala 1075k Ala (YTB-139) underway with an ammunition barges in tow near Bremerton Navy Yard in March 1946. Photo by Ralph J. Dale. Keith S. Dale for his father Ralph J. DALE MM2/c Ala
    Ala 99k Ala (YTB-139) and Owachomo (YTB-401) (not shown) assist a Gasoline Tanker (AOG) at Naval Station Adak, AK., circa 1961.
    Photo courtesy Wilber Pressley and National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS)    		 Robert Hurst
    Ala 59k Ala (YTB-139) alongside USS Nautilus (SSN-571), date and location unknown. Contributed to US Navy Harbor Tug Boats by Wilbur Pressley, courtesy Paul Smith.
    Ala (YT-139 / YTB-139 / YTM-139)
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