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Kennesaw (YTB-255)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Romeo - Yankee
 NXRY
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
Cahto Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by William F. Stone & Sons, Alameda, CA
  • Laid down, 24 January 1944
  • Launched, 30 September 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service as Kennesaw (YTB-255), date unknown
  • Assigned to Eleventh Naval District
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 01 February 1960
  • Placed in service with Oregon Coast Towing Co., Coos Bay, OR, as merchant tug Restless (ON 284386), 1962
  • Later owned by Puget Sound Tug & Barge
  • Out of service, August 2015
  • FInal disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 400 tons
    Length 110'
    Beam 27' 0"
    Draft 11' 4"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion
    one Diesel engine
    single propeller 1,000shp
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    Kennesaw
    140825501    		 57k Kennesaw (YTB-255) moored at San Diego, probably in mid-1950s. Dave Wright
    Kennesaw (YTB-255)
    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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