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Nanigo (YTM-537)
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 Nanigo (YTB-537) (1945 - 1962)

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
Hisada Class District Harbor Tug, Large:
  • Laid down, 6 December 1944, at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY
  • Launched, 27 March 1945
  • Delivered and placed in service, as Nanigo (YTB-537), 30 August 1945, allocated to the 3rd Naval District at New York, NY
  • Reassigned to Atoll Commander, Kwajalein, for preparing that island for Operation Crossroads in 1946
  • Inactived, 19 February 1948, placed out of service, in reserve, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA
  • Reactivated and placed in service in September 1950, assigned to the 13th Naval District at Seattle, WA
  • Reassigned to the 17th Naval District at Kodiak, then to Naval Station, Adak
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-537 in February 1962
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, 1 April 1972, USS Takelma (ATF-113) took the unmanned Nanigo in tow and stood out from Adak, bound for Bremerton. Takelma encountered heavy seas on 7 April, and the towline parted, Nanigo was never recovered
    Specifications:
    Displacement 310 t.(fl)
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 caliber machine guns
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    Cholocco 62k Nanigo (YTB-537) moored outboard of Cholocco (YTB-498) at Naval Station Adak, Alaska, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy of Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Nanigo 73k Nanigo (YTB-537) and an unidentified tug working to refloat a grounded tanker in the area near Adak Island, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy of Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
    Nanigo 92k Leslie Ross Powell in the pilothouse of Nanigo (YTB-537), probably at Bremerton, WA, in the late 1950s
    		 Photo courtesy of Karen Powell, in memory of her
    father, Leslie Ross Powell, BMC, US Navy
    Nanigo 88k Nanigo (YTB-537), date and location unknown (possibly Alaskan waters in late 1950s)
    		 Photo courtesy of Karen Powell, in memory of her
    father, Leslie Ross Powell, BMC, US Navy
    Nanigo 80k Crew of Nanigo (YTB-537), likely at Puget Sound Navy Yard, late 1950s. Note USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) in background.
    Leslie Ross Powell is top row, far right.
    		 Photo courtesy of Karen Powell, in memory of her
    father, Leslie Ross Powell, BMC, US Navy
    View the Nanigo (YTB-537 / YTM-537)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 05 June 2015