USS Marinette (YTB-791)

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Career
Name: USS Marinette
Builder: Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down: 8 September 1966
Launched: 10 April 1967
Acquired: 10 June 1967
In service: 3 July 1967
Struck: 25 May 2005
Fate: sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 2 August 2006, to John VanPuffelen, Savanah Marine Services, Inc., for $125,000, fate unknown
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

Marinette (YTB‑791) was laid down by the Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wis., 8 September 1966; launched 10 April 1967; and placed in service 3 July 1967. A large harbor tug, Marinette has performed miscellaneous tugging services for the 5th Naval District, headquartered at Norfolk, Va., until she was taken out of service in 2005.

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