USS Cahto (YTB-215)

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History
Name: USS Cahto (YTB-215)
Builder: W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts
In service: 1 June 1944
Out of service: 6 May 1957
Reclassified: YTB-215, 15 May 1944
Fate: Unknown
General characteristics
Class & type: Cahto-class district harbor tug
Displacement: 410 long tons (417 t)
Length: 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m)
Beam: 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draft: 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 12
Armament: 2 × .50-caliber machine guns

USS Cahto was a harbour tug of the United States Navy.

The ship was laid down as YT-215 by W. A. Robinson, Inc. at Ipswich, Massachusetts[1] and reclassified YTB-215 ("Harbor Tug, Big") on 15 May 1944 prior to being placed in service on 1 June for duty in the 3rd Naval District. She remained in operation there until 5 July 1956 when she was transferred to the 6th Naval District, remaining active until her disposal on 6 May 1957.[2]

The Cahto was commanded by Ensign James E. Hair in 1944-45, who was one of the "Golden Thirteen", the first African-American commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy.[3]

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