USS Alamuchee (YTB-228)
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| USS Alamuchee (YTB-228) moored pierside at Naval Station New Orleans, date unknown.US Navy photo | |
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| Name: | USS Alamuchee (YTB-228) |
| Namesake: | Tributary creek to the Sucarnoochee River in Alabama |
| Builder: | Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ |
| Laid down: | 3 July 1944 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1945 |
| In service: | 4 May 1945 |
| Struck: | April 1960 |
| Status: | transferred to the state of Louisiana |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Cahto-class district harbor tug |
| Displacement: | 410 t (400 long tons) |
| Length: | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel, single screw |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 12 |
| Armament: | two .50-cal machine guns |
USS Alamuchee (YTB-228) was laid down on 3 July 1944 at Camden, New Jersey, by the Mathis Yacht Building Company; launched on 12 February 1945; and placed in service on 4 May 1945.
The large harbor tug was assigned to the 8th Naval District and spent the next 15 years operating at New Orleans, LA. Her name was struck from the Navy list in April 1960, and she was transferred to the state of Louisiana in August of that year. She was operated by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans as a firefighting tug until 1965. The tug was sold at public auction by the Louisiana government to Mr. George W. Whiteman on 9 August 1965
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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