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Accohanoc (YTM-545)
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 Accohanoc (YTB-545) (1945 - 1962)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Hisada Class District Harbor Tug, Large:
  • Built by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY
  • Laid down, 12 April 1945
  • Launched, 09 July 1945
  • Delivered to the Navy as Accohanoc (YTB-545), 28 December 1945
  • Laid up in reserve at Green Cove Springs, FL. instead of being placed in service
  • Activated and place in service in May 1947, allocated to the 7th Naval District
  • With the disestablishment of the 7th Naval District, reassigned to the 6th Naval District at Naval Station Mayport, FL, 01 September 1948
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-545, February 1962
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, February 1987
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 10 June 1987
  • Used in James River Reserve Fleet as tug TD 25
  • Swamped in Hurricane Floyd, 16 September 1999
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (possibly scrapped)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 310 tons (fl)
    Length 101'
    Beam 28'
    Draft 11'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 caliber machine guns
    Propulsion Diesel, single screw
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    Accohanoc 71k Accohanoc (YTM-545) moored pierside at Mayport, FL, probably late 1960s.
    Photo courtesy of Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Accohanoc 499k Naval Station Mayport FL, tugs Accohanoc (YTM-545) and Tomahawk (YTB-789) alongside USS Yosemite (AD-19) 1973. Note the two destroyers in the background, one of which is USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865). Kenneth Wendall Jackson IM2 USS Yosemite
    Accohanoc 113k Ex-Accohanoc (YTM-545) in service as Maritime Administration tug TD 25, date unknown.
    Photo from Ted Stone Collection, via George Schneider.    		 George Schneider
    Accohanoc (YTB-545 / YTM-545)
    DANFS history entry located at the 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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