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Okisko (YTL-735)
ex
 Okisko (YNT-10) (1942 - 1945)
 Okisko (YN-42) (1940 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Lima - Mike
 NILM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Yard Net Tender:
  • Built at Texas City, TX as tug Cornelius Kroll, (ON 238303), 1939
  • Purchased by the US Navy from Terry Dalehite Towing Co., Galveston, TX, 29 October 1940
  • Converted for Naval service at Naval Station New Orleans, LA
  • Placed in service, 19 December 1940
  • Allocated to the 6th Naval District at Charleston, SC
  • Renamed Okisko (YN-42), 29 October 1940
  • Reclassified Yard Net Tender Tug YNT-10, 08 April 1942
  • Reassigned to the 8th Naval District at Naval Station New Orleans, LA in 1944
  • Reclassified Yard Harbor Tug, Light YTL-735, 02 August 1945
  • Placed out of service, 21 February 1947, and transferred to the Maritime Commission
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • Sold to Waterman Steamship Co., Mobile, AL and renamed Cadet, 1947
  • Sold to Mobile Ship Repair, Mobile, AL, 1956
  • Sold to Walsh Stevedoring Co., Mobile, AL, 1964
  • Sold to Wilcox Floating Equipment Co. renamed Wilcox, date unknown
  • Sold to Reinauer Transportation Co., Staten Island, NY, 1970s
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 56 gross tons
    Length 63'
    Beam 16' 6"
    Draft 7' 6"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Superior Diesel engine
    single propeller, 300shp
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    Namontack 74k Ex-Okisko (YTL-735) as the Reinauer Transportation Co. tug Wilcox
    Photo courtesy Harold E. Tartell, via tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Namontack 74k Ex-Okisko (YTL-735) as the Reinauer Transportation Co. tug Wilcox
    Photo courtesy Harold E. Tartell, via tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Okisko (YN-42 / YNT-10 / YTL-735)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    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
    Tugboat Information.com - YNT-10 "Okisko"
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    Last Updated 28 August 2015