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YTB-788 Wapato

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Kilo - India
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Natick Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 14 January 1966, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.
  • Launched, 18 April 1966
  • Delivered to the Navy, 21 June 1966
  • Placed in service as Wapato (YTB-788) in 10th Naval District, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 April 1996
    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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    Wapato 89k Wapato (YTB-788) tied up at the surface operations pier, NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, 1 December, 1986
    DVIC photo # DNST8702957    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Pontiac 64k Wapato (YTB-788) can be seen through the pilot house window of Pontiac (YTB-756) as Tugmaster, Boatswain's Mate First Class (BM1) Rick Bresnock USN, gets Pontiac (YTB-756) underway, 7 November 1995. Pontiac is backing clear of the surface operations pier at NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, to meet an incoming ship.
    DVIC photo # DNST9700767     by PH2 Paul J. Spiotta USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
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