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YT-142 / YTB-142 / YTM-142 Nokomis

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Woban Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown), at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Launched, 29 November 1939
  • Placed in service in March 1940 as Nokomis (YT-142), allotted to 14th Naval District
  • Nokomis was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large, YTB-142, 15 May 1944
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium, YTM-142, in February 1962
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 September 1974
  • Nokomis earned one battle star for World War II service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218 t.(lt) 325 t.(fl)
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 8
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    Fulton 113k Nokomis (YT-142) and Hoga (YT-146) assist Fulton (AS 11) while docking at Pearl Harbor, 8 June 1942 with Yorktown (CV 5) survivors on board, after the Battle of Midway.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-312058, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    CV-8 Hornet 71k Nokomis (YT-142) assists Hornet (CV-8) into her berth at Pearl Harbor, 26 May 1942, just after the Battle of Coral Sea, and just before the Battle of Midway. Note paint chipped off Hornet's waterline area by wave action while at sea.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-66129 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Scott Dyben
    Nokomis 109k Nokomis (YT-142) underway at Pearl Harbor while moving an open lighter.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1952.    		 Stan Svec
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Historic Tugboat Education and Restoration Society
    US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
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    Last Updated 18 March 2007