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Minniska (YTM-408)
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 Minniska (YTB-408) (1945 - 1962)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Yankee - Papa
 NAYP
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
Sassaba Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Ira Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, NY
  • Laid down as YT-408, 09 March 1944
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug Large YTB-408, 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 31 July 1944
  • Delivered to the Navy and placed in service as Minniska (YTB-408), 01 March 1945
  • Initially assigned to the Pacific Fleet, at Naval Station Midway Island
  • Later assigned to Naval Station Guam
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-408, February 1962
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Stripped and used for spares for Anamosa (YTM-409)
  • Hulk driven aground in Apra Harbor by Hurricane Pamela, 21 May 1976
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to Cabras Marine Corporation, 01 December 1976
  • Placed in service as Piti (ON 581531), 1977
  • Final disposition, fate unknown (out of service January 2017)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 237 tons
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 knots
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion
    Diesel engine
    single propeller, 1,200shp
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    Minniska
    140940801    		 78k Minniska (YTM-408) underway with a barge on her hip in Apra Harbor, Guam, circa 1971. Tug Base Guam consisted of;
    Minniska, Anamosa (YTM-409), Topawa (YTM-419), Nogalesen (YTB-777) Ketchikan (YTB-795) and Saco (YTB-796).
    Photo courtesy of Jack Leslie and Paul Smith    		 Robert Hurst
    Minniska
    140940802    		 90k Piti underway in Guam waters, 1990. Dave Wright
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 17 December 2021