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Paducah (YTB-758)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Golf - Whiskey
 NIGW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Pontiac Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 5 May 1960 by the Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA.
  • Launched, 31 August 1960
  • Delivered to the Navy and placed in service as Paducah (YTB-758), 24 February ,
  • Assigned to 5th Naval District, Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 June 1999
  • Final Disposition, disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 5 July 2001, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 311 t.(lt) 409 t.(fl)
    Length 109'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    Paducah 111k Paducah (YTB-758) assisting USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) into/out of her berth at NOB Norfolk, VA., 10 August 1964. USS Barney(DDG-6) is underway in the background. (Cropped 140975802) ©Richard Leonhardt
    Paducah 90k Paducah (YTB-758) and Itara (YTM-391) assisting USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) into/out of her berth at NOB Norfolk, VA., 10 August 1964. Barney(DDG-6) is underway in the background. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Neosho 73k Paducah (YTB-758) assisting USS Neosho (AO-143) getting underway at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., 13 August 1964. date unknown. Underway in the background is USS Holder (DD-819). ©Richard Leonhardt
    YO-78 1250k Paducah (YTB-758) is in the background of this photo of Wathena (YTB-825) tied up at the service craft pier at NOB Norfolk, VA. awaiting orders to assist with the docking of a large number of ships returning from Operation Desert Shield/Storm, 28 March 1991.
    DVIC photo # DN-ST-97-00120 by Pat Toombs, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
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