USS Kalispell (YTB-784)

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Kalispell (YTB-784) pushes against the bow of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) as she guides the carrier into her berth.
Career
Name: USS Kalispell (YTB-784)
Builder: Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down: 14 September 1965
Launched: 13 December 1965
Completed: 23 November 1965
Acquired: 3 May 1966
Struck: 16 February 2002
Fate: sold for scrapping, 9 May 2005
General characteristics
Class and type: Natick-class tugboat
Displacement: 283 long tons (288 t)
Length: 109 ft (33 m)
Beam: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 12
Armament: None

Kalispell (TTB-784) was laid down by Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wis., 14 September 1965; launched 13 December; and placed in service 3 May 1966.

Kalispell served in the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA until the Vietnam war when she was reassigned to Task Force 117, the Mobile Riverine Force and participated in many campaigns. After the war she served in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines and Diego Garcia before being scrapped in 2005. She earned eight campaign stars for Vietnam War service.

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