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Satanta (YTM-270)
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Satanta (YTB-270) (1944 - 1962)
Satanta (YT-270) (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Mike - Papa
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

Hiawatha Class District Harbor Tug:

Laid down, 20 April 1942, as Port Orchard a Maritime Commission type (V2-ME-A1) tug hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 437) at Birchfield Shipbuilding & Boiler Co., Inc., Tacoma WA.

Launched, 14 July 1942

Subsequently transferred to the Navy, renamed Satanta, designated District Harbor Tug YT-270

Delivered and placed in service, 19 May 1943

Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large YTB-270, 15 May 1944

Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-270 in February 1962

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold for scrapping, 1 June 1976, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS)

Placed in service as tug Sea Fox (ON 575776) by Crowley Tugboat Co., San Francisco, CA, 1976

Sold to Rick Homborg, Seattle, WA, 1995

Sold to Jay C. Lyon and renamed Maris Pearl, 1999

Final disposition, documentation expired, status unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 244 t.
Length 100'
Beam 25'
Draft 9' 7"
Speed 16 kts.
Complement 14
Armament unknown
Propulsion Enterprise DMQ-8 Diesel, single propeller, 1,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Satanta (YT-270)
	59k	Satanta (YT-270) alongside and unidentified CVE at Naval Station Astoria, OR., September 1943.	Tracy White
	54k	Satanta (YT-270) alongside and unidentified CVE at Naval Station Astoria, OR., September 1943.	Tracy White
Satanta (YTB-270)
	73k	USS ATA-203 handing off her tow, *YFD-15, to Satanta (YTB-270)* in San Diego harbor, 25 May 1946.	Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467
Satanta (YTM-270)
	310k	*USS Picket* (YAGR-7)** docking at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 13 April 1956 with the assistance of Satanta (YTM 270). US Navy photo # 28941 from the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum	Darryl Baker
	2368k	Satanta (YTM-270) is preparing to move the new launched *USS Andrew Jackson* (SSBN-619)** to dry dock #3 after her launching at Mare Island, 15 September 1962. US Navy photo from the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.	Darryl Baker
	3076k	Satanta (YTM-270), along with Sea Mule (YTL-614) and *YTL-435* on the port side and Lelaka (YTB-514) on the starboard side of *USS Andrew Jackson* (SSBN-619)** nudge the fleet ballistic submarine into dry dock #2 to drop her launching cradle at Mare Island on 15 September 1962. Sea Mule (YTL 614) is removing ship riders. File name: SSBN 619 56219-9-62, Navy Photo 56219-9-62, 9/15/62	Darryl Baker
	838k	*USS Robert E. Lee* (SSBN-601)** ties up at the south end of Mare Island with the assistance of three tugs. Tug from left to right; Lelaka (YTB-514), Satanta (YTM-270) and Dekaury (YTB-178), 23 February 1965. Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum photo # 66690-2-65	Darryl L. Baker
	687k	The nuclear attack submarine Gurnard (SSN-662) is in middle of the Mare Island Channel on 20 May 1967. Tugs assisting are from left to right: Satanta (YTM-270), DeKaury (YTM-178) coming up on the port side and *YTL-435* on the starboard bow. US Navy Photo # 77760-5-67, courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum	Darryl Baker
	916k	Satanta (YTM-270) with DeKaury (YTM-178) and Sea Mule (YTL-614) at the stern and *YTL-435* at the bow escort the new nuclear attack submarine Guitarro (SSN-655) on her way to dry dock to drop her launching cradle, 27 July 1968. Note there is an unidentified *YTB* in the background. US Navy Photo # 86063-7-68, courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.	Darryl Baker
	806k	Satanta (YTM-270) and DeKaury (YTM-178) with the shipyard’s diving barge alongside the sail of the Guitarro (SSN-655) late in the evening of 15 May 1969. US Navy photo # 91759-5-69	Darryl Baker
	832k	Satanta (YTM-270) and DeKaury (YTM-178) with the shipyard’s diving barge alongside the sail of the Guitarro (SSN-655) on the morning of 16 May 1969. US Navy photo # 91762-5-69	Darryl Baker
	889k	Satanta (YTM-270) and DeKaury (YTM-178) with the shipyard’s diving barge alongside the sail of the Guitarro (SSN-655) on the morning of 16 May 1969. US Navy photo # 91763-5-69	Darryl Baker
	945k	Satanta (YTM-270) alongside the sail of Guitarro (SSN-655) late on 16 May 1969. US Navy photo # 91771-5-69	Darryl Baker
	134k	Satanta (YTM-270 is preventing Guitarro (SSN-665) from capsizing after the submarine's accidental sinking in the Napa River at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 15 May 1969. Other vessels in the picture an unknown YD, and *YD-33. Mare Island photo # USN photo # MSA 91770-5-69*	Darryl Baker
	297k	John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) moored at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 2 August 1969 ready to start her C-3 Poseidon conversion. Satanta (YTM-270) is at her stern	USN photo # 93425, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 02/25/08.
	57k	Satanta (YTM-270) moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst, courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS)
	1566k	Satanta (YTM-270) underway during Navy Day celebrations at Mare Island, 13 October 1973. *Satanta* was providing rides for civilian visitors. US Navy photo from the collections of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.	Darryl Baker
	654k	Tugs Satanta (YTM-270), Orono (YTM-190) and Yuma (YTM 748) tow ex-*USS Providence* (CLG-6)** up the Mare Island channel to the Reserve Fleet berthing area, 23 February 1974.	Darryl Baker
	1339k	Satanta (YTM-270) and Lelaka (YTM-777) assist *USS Worden* (DLG-18)** into Dry Dock #3 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 18 January 1968. US Navy photo.	Darryl Baker
Commercial Service
	148k		Darryl Baker	MV Maris Pearl underway, location unknown, 11 July 2008.	Robert Hurst, courtesy Jay C. Leon
	93k	MV Maris Pearl anchored in Tenedos Bay, Desolation Sound, British Columbia, date unknown.	Robert Hurst
	57k	MV Maris Pearl tied up at Ballard Locks, Seattle, WA, date unknown.	Robert Hurst