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Cape Flattery (YTT-9)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Sierra - Uniform
 NASU
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Cape Flattery Class Torpedo Trial Craft:
  • Built by McDermott Shipyards, Amelia, LA (YN 283)
  • Contract awarded, 31 July 1987
  • Laid down, 29 July 1988
  • Launched, 05 May 1989
  • Delivered, 28 September 1990
  • Placed in service as Cape Flattery (YTT-9), 30 May 1991
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 August 1999
  • Final Disposition, sold to Tanadgusix Corporation, Anchorage, AK, renamed R/V Cape Flattery, 26 September 2000
  • Sold to U.S. Seafoods, Seattle, WA, rebuilt as a catcher/processing vessel and renamed Seafreeze America (ON 1111595), September 2012
  • Sold to Cape Flattery Washington LLC and renamed Cape Flattery, date unknown
  • Final disposition, currently active, homeported Dutch Harbor, AK
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1168 tons (fl)
    Length 186'
    Beam 40'
    Draft 11' (max.)
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    one Cummins KTA 50 turbocharged diesel
    one shaft, 1250bhp
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    Cape Flattery 78k Cape Flattery (YTT-9) underway, date and location unknown. Scott Odell
    Cape Flattery 302k R/V Cape Flattery laid up at Lake Union, Seattle, WA, circa 2012. Photo courtesy marinelink.com Scott Odell
    Assertive 293k Ex- Cape Flattery (YTT-9) and ex-USNS Assertive (T-AGOS-9) moored on Lake Union in Seattle, WA., circa 2012. Lacy Lee RM1 USN Ret
    Assertive 390
    Cape Flattery 207k Tanadgusix Corporation spec sheet for R/V Cape Flattery, circa 2005. Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history available for Cape Flattery (YTT-9) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S, Navy Memorial Foundation
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