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YTB-775 Wauwatosa

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Papa - Xray
 NQPN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Natick Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 21 August 1964, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.
  • Launched, 19 May 1965
  • Completed, 21 June 1965
  • Delivered to the Navy in 1 February 1966
  • Placed in service as Wauwatosa (YTB-775) in June 1965 at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I.
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 February 2002
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 9 May 2005
    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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    Wauwatosa 71k Wauwatosa (YTB-775) holding a barge in position while an A4 Skyhawk attack fighter is hoisted aboard Hancock (CVA-19) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, 7 March 1966. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Opelika 100k Wauwatosa (YTB-775) and Opelika (YTB-798) escort the guided missile cruiser Sterett (CG-31) from Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I., 10 May 1991, as the cruiser departs for her new homeport at Naval Station, San Diego, CA.
    DVIC photo # DNST9110585 by PH1 Ted Salois, USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Opelika 68k Wauwatosa (YTB-775) and Opelika (YTB-798) escort the guided missile cruiser Sterett (CG-31) from Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I., 10 May 1991, as the cruiser departs for her new homeport at Naval Station, San Diego, CA.
    DVIC photo # DNST9110588 by PH1 Ted Salois, USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Opelika 105k Wauwatosa (YTB-775) and Opelika (YTB-798) escort the guided missile cruiser Sterett (CG-31) from Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I., 10 May 1991, as the cruiser departs for her new homeport at Naval Station, San Diego, CA.
    DVIC photo # DNST9110589 by PH1 Ted Salois, USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Opelika 94k Wauwatosa (YTB-775) and Opelika (YTB-798) escort the guided missile cruiser Sterett (CG-31) from Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I., 10 May 1991, as the cruiser departs for her new homeport at Naval Station, San Diego, CA.
    DVIC photo # DNST9110590 by PH1 Ted Salois, USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Opelika 79k Wauwatosa (YTB-775) and Opelika (YTB-798) escort the guided missile cruiser Sterett (CG-31) from Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I., 10 May 1991, as the cruiser departs for her new homeport at Naval Station, San Diego, CA.
    DVIC photo # DNST9110591 by PH1 Ted Salois, USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Wauwatosa 480k Wauwatosa (YTB-775) entering port at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines, 8 December 1991.
    DVIC photo # DN-ST-92-02822 by ENS J.R. Hilton, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center    		 Bill Gonyo
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