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Watseka (YTM-387)
ex
 Watseka (YTB-387) (1944 - 1962)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Echo - Zulu
 NZEZ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY (YN 535)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Purchased by Navy, 1943
  • Launched, 1943
  • Placed in service as Watseka (YTB-387) at New York Navy Yard, 01 August 1944
  • Initially assigned to 8th Naval District at New Orleans, LA
  • Transferred to Pacific, fall 1944
  • Sailed San Diego to Pearl Harbor, 24 November - 04 December 1944
  • Sailed Pearl Harbor to Kwajalein 31 December 1944 - 16 January 1945
  • Operated at Saipan until end of war
  • Placed out of service in reserve in 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, March 1946
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug Medium YTM-387, in February 1962
  • Stricken from Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, 01 July 1972
  • Registered to Marine Power & Equipment, Seattle, WA as Deborah W. (ON 558925), 1974
  • Sold to Simmons Tugboat Co., Seattle, WA and renamed Beaver, 1977
  • Sold to unknown buyer and renamed Seahorse, date unknown
  • Sold to Silver Bay Logging Company, Inc., Juneau, AK, and renamed Silver Bay IX, date unknown
  • Sold to Star Marine, Bellingham, WA, and renamed Glen Cove, date unknown
  • Final disposition, still active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218 tons
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 11 knots
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion, Diesel, single propeller, 805shp
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    Watseka (YTB-387)
    Watseka 455k Watseka (YTB-387) crew, Saipan, Marianas Islands, 1946 Edward Krueger
    Watseka 381k Unidentified Chief Petty Officer craftmaster of Watseka (YTB-387), Saipan, Marianas Islands, 1946 Edward Krueger
    Commercial Service
    Watseka 92k Ex-Watseka (YTB-387) underway as Beaver at San Diego, 24 August 1977. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    Watseka (YTB-387 / YTM-387)
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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