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Ketchikan (YTB-795)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Kilo - Yankee
 NKKY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Natick Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 18 December 1967, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.
  • Launched, 11 June 1968
  • Delivered to the Navy in 6 November 1968 and placed in service as Ketchikan (YTB-795) and assigned to Naval Station Guam, Marianas Islands
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 2001
  • Final Disposition, disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 25 April 2003
    Specifications:
    Displacement 286 t.(lt) 346 t.(fl)
    Length 109'
    Beam 31'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    Ketchikan 69k Ketchikan (YTB-795) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Blue Ridge 1408k A starboard bow view of USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) being assisted by Ketchikan (YTB-795) and another tug, while docking at Sierra Pier, Naval Station Guam during Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99.
    US Marine Corps photo # 990325-M-5506S-018 APRA, GUAM 25 March 1999, by LCPL Penny Surdukan.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    There is no DANFS history for Ketchikan (YTB-795) available at NavSource
    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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