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Agamenticus (YT-809)


Rainier (Z-TECH 4500) Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, WA (YN 68)
  • Contract awarded, 13 July 2018
  • Laid down, 26 March 2019
  • Launched, 10 October 2020
  • Completed acceptance trials, January 2021
  • Delivered, 21 May 2021
  • Current Disposition, assigned to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 460 tons (lt) 590 tons (fl)
    Length 82' waterline, 90' overall
    Beam 38' 3"
    Draft 12' 5"
    Depth 16' 5"
    Speed 12.4 kts (trial)
    Accommodations
    Officers 2
    Enlisted 4
    Armament two .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion
    two Caterpillar CAT 3512E 1800bhp diesel engines
    two Schottel Model SRP 1012 steering/propulsion Z-Drive units
    two fixed pitch propellers, providing 42 tons (92,500 lb) bollard pull ahead, 45 tons (99,205 lb) astern
    two R.A. Mitchell Co. diesel generator sets with a John Deere 6068SFM75 prime mover, each rated at 130Kw
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    Agamenticus (YT 809)
    YT-809
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    139k The U.S. Navy’s second in class, harbor tugboat YT 809 completed Acceptance Trials at Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington, 27 January 2021. The new YT 808-class is the first to be constructed to meet EPA Tier 4 marine diesel engine emission standards. The 90’x 38’ tugs have a top speed of approximately 12.5 knots and a bollard pull of approximately 43 long tons allowing them to effectively perform towing and ship-assist duties for carriers, surface ships, submarines and barges.
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    Dave Shirlaw
    YT-809
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    594k Four views of the new tug Agamenticus (YT 809) loaded on Stevens' Towing Company's barge Stevens 2501 at Pacific Tugboat Services facility, Port of San Diego, 31 March 2021, during her transit from the builder to her future station on the US East Coast (either Rhode Island or Portsmouth Navy Yard).
    Photos copyright Richard Belesky via shipspotting.com, used with permission
    Richard Belesky
    YT-809
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    YT-809
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    YT-809
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    YT-809
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    Our ABS tug Sea Crescent completed a long coastwise trip moving two military boats from the West Coast to the East Coast. The first boat was the new construction YT 809, which weighed around 515 tons and was loaded in Seattle, WA. The floating crane Pacific was used to load the YT onto our Stevens 2501 ABS deck barge (250' x 54' x 13'). After securing the YT for coastwise transit, the Sea Crescent towed the barge to San Diego, CA. With the help of our friends at Pacific Tug in San Diego, the 80-ton Navy torpedo retriever Devil Ray (TWR 6) was loaded onto the Stevens 2501 in order to be repositioned to the East Coast. The Sea Crescent then sailed for the East Coast via the Panama Canal. Our first port of call on the East Coast was Chesapeake Beach, MD where the Devil Ray was safely discharged. The Sea Crescent then made for the J. Goodison Shipyard in North Kingstown, RI to unload the YT. The Sea Crescent crew positioned the Stevens 2501 into J. Goodison’s travel lift slip and the YT 809 was lifted and placed into the water with Goodison’s 900 ton Marine Travel Lift. North Kingstown was the closest location to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME that had the capacity to discharge the vessel so the Sea Crescent towed the YT 809 from North Kingstown, RI, up to its final destination of Kittery, ME where it will be based.
    Photo and caption via stevens-towing.com

    Dave Wright

    There is no DANFS history for Agamenticus (YT 809) available at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Dakota Creek Industries info page on new tug design

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