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YTB-784 Kalispell

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Natick Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 14 September 1965, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.
  • Launched, 13 December 1965
  • Completed, 23 November 1965
  • Delivered to the US Navy, 3 May 1966, and placed in service as Kalispell (YTB-784) in the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA.
  • Reassigned to Vietnam, date unknown
  • Reassigned to Nav Sta Subic Bay Republic of the Philippines, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 February 2002
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 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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    Kalispell 193k Kalispell (YTB-784) pushes against the bow of the aircraft carrier Ranger (CV-61) as she guides the carrier into her berth.
    DVIC photo # DN-ST-89-10551 by PH1 Morris D.P. Flynn, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
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