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Marin (YTB-753)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Whiskey - Echo
 NWWB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Edenshaw Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI (YN 387)
  • Contract awarded, 11 July 1958
  • Laid down, 15 July 1959
  • Launched, 22 April 1960
  • Delivered to the Navy and placed in service as Marin (YTB-753), 06 June 1960
  • Initially assigned to 10th Naval District, Naval Base Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
  • Later transferred to Guantanamo Bay
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1991
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 20 October 1994
  • Sold to McAllister Towing, Newport News, VA and renamed Stacy McAllister (ON 1123700), 2000
  • Probably never placed in service by McAllister
  • Purchased by Basic Marine, Escanaba MI and renamed Marin, 2006
  • Intended to be refurbished, but instead used as spares source
  • Broken up at Basic's yard, late 2010s
    Specifications:
    Displacement 268 tons (lt) 409 tons (fl)
    Length 101'
    Beam 29'
    Draft 16' 1"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament none
    Propulsion Diesel, single screw
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    Marin (YTB-753)
    Marin 69k Marin (YTB-753) as completed. Photo from Bureau of Ships Journal, May 1961. Dave Wright
    Commercial Service
    Marin 49k Ex-Marin (YTB-753), laid up at Newport News, VA, 11 April 2006. Note she has been repainted in Basic Marine colors prior to her departure for the Great Lakes.
    Photo copyright Marc Piché via shipspotting.com    		 -
    Marin 46k Ex-Marin (YTB-753) while undergoing inspection at Wharf 2 of the Welland Canal, 8:36 a.m. 23 June 2006. The tug had come from Norfolk, VA,via the Erie Canal at Oswego, NY, bound for Escanaba, MI.
    Photo copyright Jeff Thoreson via Shipspotting.com    		 -
    Marin (YTB-753)
    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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