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YTB-766 Wapakoneta

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Kilo - Mike
 NEKM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Natick Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 1 August 1962 by the Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA.
  • Launched, 11 June 1963
  • Delivered, 25 July 1963
  • Placed in service as Wapakoneta (YTB-766) in October 1963 in the 5th Naval District at Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 14 April 2001
  • Final Disposition, sold, 16 July 2001, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to Boston Tow Boat for $296,037, fate unknown
    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
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    Guadalcanal 78k Wapakoneta (YTB-766) and two unidentified tugs assist Guadalcanal (LPH 7) at Norfolk, VA., 10 August 1964. Underway in the background is O'Hare DD-889. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Wapakoneta 80k Wapakoneta (YTB-766) alongside Hyades (AF-28) at NOB Norfolk, VA., 24 July 1964. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Wapakoneta 75k Wapakoneta (YTB-766) underway after assisting in the mooring of Fremont (APA-44) at NOB Norfolk, VA., Pier 4, 26 August 1964. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Okmulgee 90k Wapakoneta (YTB-766) underway at NOB Norfolk, VA., in the distance, 24 August 1964. Wapakoneta and Okmulgee (YTB-765) have just completed the mooring of Fremont (APA-44) at NOB Norfolk, VA., Pier 4, 26 August 1964 outboard of Aldebaran (AF-10).
    Photo taken from Multiphen (AKA-61) at berth 301    		 © Richard Leonhardt
    CVA-67 John F. Kennedy 103k Front to back, Wapakoneta (YTB-766), Marinette (YTB-791) and Dahlonega (YTB-770) push John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) into position at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., circa 1967-68. Robert Hurst
    Wapakoneta 251k Wapakoneta (YTB-766) underway in Hampton Roads off NOB Norfolk, VA., 1 January 1990.
    DVIC photo # DN-ST-91-06149 by PH1 Micheal D.P. Flynn, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
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