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Mascoutah (YTM-760)
ex
 Mascoutah (YTB-772) (1964 - 1965)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Oscar - Uniform - Victor
 NOUV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Mascoutah Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY (YN 420)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, 22 July 1964
  • Delivered and placed in service as Mascoutah (YTB-772), 11 October 1964
  • Initially assigned to the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA
  • Reclassified Medium Harbor Tug YTM-760, September 1965
  • Reassigned to the 4th Naval District at Philadelphia, PA, in the summer of 1966
  • Placed out of service and transferred to the Maritime Administration, 15 June 1986
  • Sold to Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. and flagged Canadian as Mascoutah (C813993), 1989
  • Sold and renamed Eddie Mac I, 1992
  • Resold to Atlantic Towing Limited, Saint John, NB, renamed Atlantic Aspen, 2001
  • Currently active in Canadian waters
    Specifications:
    Displacement 205 tons (fl)
    Length 85'
    Beam 24'
    Draft 11'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion Diesel, single screw
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    Mascoutah (YTB-772)
    Mascoutah 148k Mascoutah (YTB-772) underway, probably on her delivery voyage in 1964.
    US Navy photo 1110041 from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Mascoutah (YTM-760)
    Mascoutah 66k Mascoutah (YTM-760) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Mascoutah 201k Mascoutah (YTM-760) moored at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 06 October 1973. Menhasha (YTM-761) is moored at right.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH79040, courtesy C.C. Wright, 1974    		 Mike Green
    Mascoutah 154k Mascoutah (YTM-760) view of the bridge, showing her folding mast, taken at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 06 October 1973.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH79041, courtesy C.C. Wright, 1974    		 Mike Green
    Mascoutah 73k Mascoutah (YTM-760) underway on the Delaware River, 25 June 1980. Photo courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, contributed by Bill Mozinga. Robert Hurst
    Mascoutah 59k Mascoutah (YTM-760) moored at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 28 September 1981.
    Photo from Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection    		 Mike Green
    Commercial Service
    Mascoutah 245k Atlantic Aspen moored at Belledune, New Brunswick, 04 March 2009. Photo cpyright "foggy" (real name unknown), via shipspotting.com Dave Wright
    Mascoutah (YTB-772 / YTM-760)
    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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