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Sakarissa (YTM-269)
ex
 Sakarissa (YTB-269) (1944-1962)
 Sakarissa (YT-269) (1943-1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Lima - Xray
 NYLX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Hiawatha Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 13 April 1942, as the Maritime Commission type VE-ME-A1 harbor tug Port Madison, (MC hull 436) by Birchfield Boiler Co., Inc., Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched 14 July 1942
  • Designated to the US Navy, 4 July 1942, renamed Sakarissa
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission and transferred to the US Navy, 12 April 1943
  • Placed in service, 26 April 1943, as Sakarissa (YT-269)
  • Assigned to assist in the assembly and towing of USS ABSD-1 to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, arriving 2 October 2943
  • Redesignated large harbor tug YTB-269, 15 May 1944
  • Arrived with USS ABSD-1 at Samar, Philippine Islands, in spring 1945
  • Mid-April 1946 Sakarissa departed the Philippines for the US via the Marshall Islands and Pearl Harbor, reaching San Francisco, 22 August 1946
  • Redesignated medium harbor tug YTM-269 in February 1962
  • Place out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 15 January 1974
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for further service with the Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, CA.
  • Current Disposition, purchased by Mr. Harold Elliott, undergoing restoration
    Specifications:
    Displacement 237 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 14
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion
    Enterprise DMQ-8 Diesel engine
    single propeller, 700shp
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    Sakarissa 243k Ex-Sakarissa (YTM-269) moored on the Columbia River at Portland, OR., 2 July 2011. Photo by Lyn Topinka
    Sakarissa (YT-269 / YTB-269 / YTM-269)
    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
    Old Tacoma Marine Inc.- tugboat Sakarissa
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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