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Panameta (YTM-402)
ex
 Panameta (YTB-402) (1945 - 1962)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Yankee - Delta
 NAYD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Sassaba Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Gibbs Gas Engine Corp., Jacksonville, FL
  • Laid down, 22 September 1944
  • Launched, 27 February 1945
  • Delivered to the Navy and placed in service, as Panameta (YTB-402), 08 June 1945
  • Assigned to the 17th Naval District in Alaska, Naval Station Adak
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-402 in February 1962
  • Assigned to Kodiak, AK, 1968-70
  • Towed to Seattle for overhaul, early 1970s
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 01 July 1977
  • Acquired by a local resident of Adak, AK and renamed Cindy Lee (ON 597271)
  • Renamed Cindy, date unknown
  • Acquired by Western Towboat, Seattle, WA, rebuilt with two diesels and renamed Ocean Mariner, date unknown
  • Acquired by Salmon Tug and Barge Lines, Seattle, WA, renamed Caleb, date unknown
  • Acquired by Brian Farcy, Ward Cove, AK, date unknown
  • Acquired by Jasper Danielson, San Mateo, CA, 2000s
  • Current Disposition, Active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 345 tons
    Length 100'
    Beam 26'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 14
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    Cleveland 278A diesel engine
    single propeller, 1,200shp
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    Panameta (YTB-402)
    Panameta
    140940212    		 614k Panameta (YTB-402) underway off Adak, circa 1946.
    Photo courtesy Olen Dwain Hill.    		 Benjamin Ayres
    Panameta
    140940213    		 63k Crew of Panameta (YTB-402) at Pyramid Cove, Attu, Alaska, 1945-1946. Olen Dwain Hill is at left center, just above the crewman in the sailor's hat.
    Photo courtesy Benjamin Ayres via National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS).    		 Benjamin Ayres
    Panameta
    140940201    		 33k Panameta (YTB-402) underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo, courtesy Mike Jones and National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS)    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta
    140940202    		 45k Panameta (YTB-402) underway off her homeport of Attu, AK., circa 1945.
    Photo, courtesy Joe Surette and National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS)    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta
    140940203    		 34k Panameta (YTB-402) underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo, courtesy either Mike Jones or Jim Walker and Paul Smith of US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta
    140940204    		 61k Panameta (YTB-402) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Photo, courtesy either Mike Jones or Jim Walker and Paul Smith of US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta
    140940208    		 38k Panameta (YTB-402) underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo, courtesy Paul Smith of US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta
    140940205    		 86k Panameta (YTB-402) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Photo, courtesy either Mike Jones or Jim Walker and Paul Smith of US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta
    140940206    		 99k Panameta (YTB-402) drydocked, date and location unknown.
    Photo, courtesy either Mike Jones or Jim Walker and Paul Smith of US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Commercial Service
    Panameta
    140940209    		 34k ex-Panameta (YTB-402) in commercial service as Ocean Mariner, date and location unknown.
    Photo by Dave Miner, courtesy tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta
    140940210    		 50k ex-Panameta (YTB-402) in commercial service as Caleb, date and location unknown.
    Photo by Ric Shrewsbury, courtesy tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta
    140940211    		 35k ex-Panameta (YTB-402) in commercial service as Caleb, date and location unknown.
    Photo by Ric Shrewsbury, courtesy tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Panameta (YTB-402 / YTM-402)
    DANFS history entry located at the US 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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