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Madokawando (YTM-180)
ex
 Madokawando (YTB-180) (1944 - 1962)
 Madokawando (YT-180) (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Bravo - Mike
 NUBM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Woban Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Laid down, 07 August 1942
  • Launched, 27 January 1943
  • Completed and placed in service as Madokawando (YT-180) 12 June 1943
  • Allocated to First Naval District
  • Reallocated the Twelfth Naval District, date unknown
  • Reclassified Harbor District Tug, Large YTB-180, 15 May 1944
  • Reclassified Harbor District Tug, Medium YTM-180, February 1962
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to US Army, 01 January 1983
  • Refitted for Army service at Marco Drydock and Shipbuilding, Seattle, WA
  • Deployed to Kwajalein Missile Range, September 1983
  • Final Disposition, sold for foreign commercial service, date unknown, renamed MT Maharlika - A
    Specifications:
    Displacement 260 tons
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts
    Complement 14
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    Diesel,
    single propeller, 1,000shp
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    Madokawando (YTM-180)
    Madokawando 101k Madokawando (YTM-180) alongside USS Mauna Kea (AE-22), in the summer (probably July) of 1974. Photo by CAPT. Peter M. Leenhouts USN (Ret)
    Merchant Service
    Madokawando 147k Starboard bow view of ex- Madokawando (YTM-180) in foreign merchant service as MT Maharlika - A dry docked at Iron Construction & Marine Works Inc. (PICMW) in Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines, 8 July 2008. Photo by Edison Sy
    Madokawando 148k Port bow view of ex- Madokawando (YTM-180) in foreign merchant service as MT Maharlika - A dry docked at Iron Construction & Marine Works Inc. (PICMW) in Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines, 8 July 2008. Photo by Edison Sy
    Madokawando 194k Ex- Madokawando (YTM-180) in foreign merchant service as MT Maharlika - A moored at Trigon Shipyard in San Fernando, Cebu, Philippines, 29 July 2015. Photo by Edison Sy
    Madokawando (YT-180 / YTB-180 / YTM-180)
    DANFS     history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    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 07 August 2015