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Hatak (YTB-219)
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 Hatak (YT-219) (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Tango - Echo
 NUTE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down as the wooden-hulled harbor tug YT-219 in 1944, at Greenpoint Basin & Construction Co., Long Island, N.Y.
  • Launched, 22 July 1944
  • Placed in service, as Hatak (YTB-219), 18 December 1944
  • Allocated to the 5th Naval Dirstrict at Norfolk, VA., reporting for duty in January 1945
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 27 June 1957
  • Merchant Service
  • Acquired by McAllister Towing of New York, renamed Jane McAllister
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 410 t.
    Length 110'
    Beam 26' 5"
    Draft 11' 4"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion Diesel, single screw 1,000shp
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    Merchant Service
    Hatak 81k Ex-Hatak (YTB-219) moored pierside while in merchant service as the McAllister Towing of New York, tug Jane McAllister, date and location unknown
    Photo courtesy Tugboat Information.com    		 Birk Thomas
    Hatak (YTB-219)
    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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