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YTL-424
ex
 YT-424


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Bravo - Papa
 NBBP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
422 Class District Harbor Tug, Small:
  • Built by Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Everett, WA (YN 28)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Small YTL-426, 15 May 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 08 September 1944
  • Towed by Eucalyptus (AN-16) from Seattle to Pearl Harbor, 16 September - October 1944
  • Towed from Eniwetok to Guam by ATA-124, November 1944
  • Stationed at Guam into 1945
  • Later assigned to Thirteenth Naval District, used as tug and diving tender
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Sold, August 1973
  • Registered to Francis J. Mulholland, Long Beach, CA as yacht Tussler (ON 573141), 1974
  • Currently active, registered to Tussler Maritime LLC, San Diego, CA, 2019
    Specifications:
    Displacement 70 tons (lt) 80 tons (fl)
    Length 66' 2"
    Beam 17'
    Draft 4' 11"
    Speed unknown
    Complement 4
    Armament none
    Propulsion Diesel, single screw, 300shp
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    YTL-424
    141042402    		 129k YTL-424 assisting the decommissioned battleship Iowa (BB-61) at San Francisco, 18 July 1951. Iowa would be placed back in commission for the Korean Conflict a month later. John Chiquoine
    YTL-424
    141042401    		 237k Yacht Tussler, ex-YTL-424, underway at San Diego, 20 October 2018.
    Photo copyright George Schneider    		 George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history available for YTL-424 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 04 February 2022