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Cheraw (YTB-802)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Juliet - India NRJI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Natick Class District Harbor Tug:

Built by Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA (YN 82)

Laid down, 12 March 1969

Launched, 20 September 1969

Delivered, 29 June 1970

Placed in service as Cheraw (YTB-802), location unknown

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 29 February 1996

Transferred to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, NY, 29 December 1996

Final Disposition, active with Army CoE, 2023

Specifications:
Displacement 291 t.(lt) 356 t.(fl)
Length 109'
Beam 31'
Draft 14'
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 12
Armament none
Propulsion diesel, single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Cheraw (YTB-802)
	39k	Cheraw (YTB-802) underway, date & location unknown. US Navy photo by Captain Lawrence Dalli, courtesy tugboatinformation.com	Robert Hurst
	38k	Cheraw (YTB-802) tied up pierside, circa 1974-76, location unknown. In the background is *USS Valdez* (DE-1096)**. Photo Contributed Paul A. Smith. Courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors.	Robert Hurst
	37k	Cheraw (YTB-802) moored pierside, circa 1974-76, location unknown. Photo Contributed Paul A. Smith. Courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors.<	Robert Hurst
140980207	120k	Cheraw (YTB-802) asssiting with berthing of *RFA Fort Austin* (A 386)** at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, South Carolina, 25 February 1988. Photo copyright Kev Slade via Flickr	John Spivey
US Army Tug Cheraw
	97k	*Cheraw* underway with a tow in the Great Lakes area, circa 1996. Photo Contributed Paul A. Smith. Courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors.	Robert Hurst
	36k	*Cheraw* underway pushing USACE crane barge *McCauley* back to the Army Corps of Engineers base at Cleveland, OH on 17 April 2006. Photo by Jeff Thoreson.	Robert Hurst
	46k	*Cheraw* tied up alongside *McCauley* atthe Army Corps of Engineers base, Cleveland, OH, date unknown. Photo courtesy tugboatinformation.com.	Robert Hurst

There is no DANFS history record for Cheraw (YTB-802) 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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Last Updated 03 September 2023