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Waneta (YTM-384)
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 Waneta (YTB-384) (1944 - 1962)
 Waneta (YT-384) (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Bravo - November
 NZBN
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
Pessacus Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down as YT-386, 8 September 1943 at Ira Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Launched, 24 December 1943
  • Delivered to the Navy, 25 April 1944, and placed in Service as Waneta (YT-384), allocated to the Pacific Fleet Service Force
  • Redesignated Harbor Tug, Large YTB-384 15 May 1944
  • Placed out of service, in reserve, in March 1946 at the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Reactivated and placed in service in October 1953 for duty in the 6th Naval District, Charleston, S.C.
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug Medium YTM-384, in February 1962
  • Placed out of service in early 1974
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1974
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 February 1975, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion, Diesel, single propeller, 805shp
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    Waneta 61k Waneta (YTB-384) moored aft of Etawina (YTB-543) at Naval Station Key West, FL. in 1957.
    Photo by Ben Sloan Waneta    		 Robert Hurst
    Waneta 55k USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) with Etawina (YTB-543) forward and Waneta (YTB-384) aft assisting Howard W. Gilmore into her berth at Naval Station Key West FL. in 1967.
    Photo by Ben Sloan Waneta    		 Robert Hurst
    Waneta 66k USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) with Etawina (YTB-543) forward and Waneta (YTB-384) aft, underway at Naval Station Key West, FL. in 1957.
    Photo by Ben Sloan Waneta    		 Robert Hurst
    Waneta (YT-384 / YTB-384 / YTM-384)
    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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    Last Updated 11 December 2009