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Topawa (YTM-419)
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 Topawa (YTB-419) (1945 - 1962)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Bravo - Foxtrot
 NBBF
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 Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, MD
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, 14 October 1944
  • Completed, 13 March 1945
  • Delivered to the Navy and placed in service as Topawa (YTB-419), 24 March 1945
  • Initially allocated to the 1st Fleet, on the west coast
  • Forward deployed in the Central Pacific, Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, March 1946
  • Assigned to Naval Station Guam, 1947
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-419, February 1962
  • Reassigned to the Pacific Fleet, 1966
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, September 1975
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 01 July 1977
    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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    Topawa
    140941901    		 73k Two views of Topawa (YTB-417) underway at Guam, probably during 1950s. Dave Wright
    Topawa
    140941902    		 81k
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