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Muskegon (YTB-763)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Kilo - Xray NAKX

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Natick Class District Harbor Tug:

Built by Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA

Laid down, 01 February 1962

Launched, 8 August 1962

Completed and delivered to the Navy, 19 April 1963

Placed in service as Muskegon (YTB-763) in April 1963 in the 11th Naval District at Naval Station San Diego, CA.

Reassigned to Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), date unknown

Current Disposition, active in service

Specifications:
Displacement 283 t.(lt) 356 t.(fl)
Length 109'
Beam 31'
Draft 14'
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 12
Armament unknown
Propulsion Diesel, single screw

Size	Image Description	Source
72k	Muskegon (YTB-763) underway, circa 1963.	Dave Wright
3192k	Muskegon (YTB-763) amongst a nest of destroyers at Naval Station San Diego, CA., 5 February 1966. Ships present, left to right, include: *USS Cavalier* (APA-37) Unidentified Destroyer USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833) USS Braine (DD-630) USS Stoddard (DD-566) USS Ingersoll (DD-652) USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) and USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5)**. The sailor in the foreground is ETR3 Rich Wooley USN.	Photo ©Richard Leonhardt
93k	Muskegon (YTB-763) and Arawak (YTM-702) assist *USS Kalmia* (ATA-184) towing the old cruiser ex-USS Vincennes (CL-64) out of San Diego Bay, 7 October 1969. Ex-Vincennes** was expended as a target off the coast of Southern California, 28 October 1969. Note that the cruiser's gun barrels have been cut off. US Navy photo # K-77750 from the collections of the US Naval Historic Center.	US Naval Historical Center web site
5131k	Muskegon (YTB-763) moving in alongside the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier *USS Carl Vinson* (CVN-70)** in preparation for docking the ship at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 11 March 1994. *Carl Vinson* was making a port visit before deploying to the Persian Gulf. Department of Defense photo # DN-SC-95-00517 by PHAN Trahan, USN	Defense Visual Information Center
90k	Muskegon (YTB-763) while working in the harbor at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 13 May 2004. US Navy photo # 040513N2101W031 by PH1 Alan Warner, USN	Defense Visual Information Center
147k	Muskegon (YTB-763) assists the *USS Coronado* (AGF-11)** as she arrives at Fleet Activities base, Yokosuka, Japan, 24 March 2004. US Navy photo contributed the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors by Ray Longaker.	Robert Hurst
157k	*USS Kitty Hawk* (CV-63)** is pushed away from a pier by Massapequa (YTB-807) and Muskegon (YTB-763) at Commander Fleet Activities Base (FAB) Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, 10 February 2005. US Navy photo # 050210-N-5686B-005 by PH2 Crystal M. Brooks	Robert M. Cieri
644k	Muskegon (YTB-763) assists the guided missile cruiser *USS Vincennes* (CG-49)** away from a pier at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), for the last time. *Vincennes* departed Yokosuka for *Naval Station San Diego, CA, where she will be decommissioned, 4 July 2005. US Navy photo # 050704-N-7526R-003* by JOSN Mark R. Plate, USN, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Bill Gonyo

Muskegon (YTB-763)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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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Last Updated 21 May 2018