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Kasota (YTB-222)

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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
Cahto Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as the wood-hulled District Harbor Tug Kasota (YT-222) at Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, N.C.
  • Launched, 20 January 1944
  • Reclassified Large District Harbor Tug YTB-222, 15 May 1944
  • Placed in service, as Kasota (YTB-222), 04 September 1944 in the 5th Naval District
  • Allocated to NOB Norfolk, VA.
  • Deactivated and struck from the Naval Register, 01 May 1961
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 410 t.
    Length 110'
    Beam 27'
    Draft 11' 4"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament two .50-cal machine guns
    Propulsion Diesel, single propeller, 1,000shp
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    CVA-41 Midway 125k Kasota (YTB-222, helps nose USS Midway (CVA-41) into her berthing after the carrier has returned from a Mediterranean cruise.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1953 issue.
    (This might be Midway's 6th Med deployment, 1 December 1952–19 May 1953.)

    		 Stanley Svec
    Kasota 29k Kasota (YTB-222) coming alongside an unidentified ship at Norfolk, VA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Courtesy Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats web site.
    Kasota 47k Kasota (YTB-222) coming alongside an unidentified ship at Norfolk, VA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Courtesy Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats web site.
    BB-64 Wisconsin184k Kasota (YTB-222) escorts USS Wisconsin (BB-64) while underway in Hampton Roads, VA., 3 September 1957. Wisconsin was underway to participate in the 1957 NATO Cruise "Strike Back" Photo by Glenn Herzenach, PNSN, from USS Intrepid (CV-11), courtesy of Robert Hall.
    Kasota 67k Kasota (YTB-222) Cropped close up of above photo.
    Photo courtesy Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats web site.    		 Robert Hurst
    Kasota (YTB-222)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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