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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:
  • Laid down, 9 March 1944, as YT-408 at Ira Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 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), 1 March 1945
  • Initially allocated to the Pacific Fleet, at Naval Station Midway, Island
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-408 in February 1962
  • 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), 1 December 1976
    Specifications:
    Displacement 237 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion
    Diesel engine
    single propeller, 1,200shp
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    Minniska 78k Minniska (YTM-408) underway with a barge on her hip in Apra Harbor, Guam, circa 1971. Tug Base Guam, consisted of;
    Minniska (YTM-408),
    Anamosa (YTM-409),
    Topawa (YTM-419),
    Nogalesen (YTB-777)
    Ketchikan (YTB-795) and
    Saco (YTB-796). Photo courtesy of Jack Leslie and Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
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