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Arawak (YTM-702)
ex
 Arawak (YTB-702) (1946 - 1962)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal (2)
Hisada Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, CA (YN 9032)
  • Laid down, 03 July 1945
  • Launched, 30 April 1945
  • Delivered, 12 March 1946
  • Placed in reserve with the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Activated and placed in service as Arawak (YTB-702), March 1951
  • Spent entire career assigned to the Eleventh Naval District at San Diego, CA
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-702, February 1962
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1985
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by transfer to another government agency, date unknown
    Specifications: Specifications:
    Displacement 260 tons (lt)
    Length 100'
    Beam 26'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament none
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Arawak
    140970201    		 136k Arawak (YTB-702) assisting an unidentified carrier at San Diego, late 1950s. Note the personal vehicles stowed on the carrier's flight deck. Dave Wright
    Acoma
    140970101    		 130k Arawak (YTM-702) tied up inboard of Acoma (YTM-701) at her berth on Chollas Creek, Naval Station San Diego, CA, circa early 1970s.
    Photo courtesy Chris Hastin, via National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS)    		 Robert Hurst
    Vincennes
    0406412    		 93k Arawak (YTM-702) and Muskegon (YTB-763) assist USS Kalmia (ATA-184) towing the old cruiser ex-USS Vincennes (CL-64) out of San Diego Bay, 7 October 1969. Ex-Vincennes was expended as a target off the coast of Southern California, 28 October 1969. Note that the cruiser's gun barrels have been cut off.
    US Navy photo # K-77750 from the collections of the US Naval Historic Center.    		 NHHC
    Arawak
    140970202    		 141k Arawak (YTB-702) sidetowing YG-30 at San Diego, 1974. The YG was presumably being taken out for disposal, as she was stricken two years earlier.. Dave Wright
    Manistee
    140978208    		 101k Aerial view of Arawak (YTM-702) foreground, Manistee (YTB-782) (left), and Canonchet (YTB 823) (background) assisting USS Enterprise (CVN-65) away from the pier at San Diego, CA., 15 January 1984.
    DVIC photo # DNSC8507390 by PH1 Bennet USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Arawak (YTB-702 / YTM-702)
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    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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