USS Natick (YTB-760)

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At Holy Loch, Scotland, with harbor tugs USS Piqua, at left, and USS Natick assisting USS Hunley.
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Name: USS Natick
Namesake: A town in Massachusetts.
Owner: U.S. Navy
Builder: Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, Louisiana
Laid down: 1 September 1960
Launched: 28 February 1961
Completed: 13 June 1961
Acquired: 19 June 1961
In service: 30 June 1961
Out of service: 28 March 2003
Struck: 28 March 2003
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
Holy Loch, Scotland
La Maddalena, Italy
Fate: Sold in 2005 at Boston, Massachusetts
Status: ultimate fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type: Natick-class district harbor tug
Displacement: 283 tons
Tons burthen: 356
Length: 109’
Beam: 31’
Draft: 14’
Propulsion: diesel engine, single screw
Speed: 12 knots
Crew: 12 enlisted
Armament: none

USS Natick (YTB-760) was a Natick-class district harbor tug (large) acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1961. She served the Navy as a tugboat on the U.S. East Coast as well as inEuropean ports before being placed out of service in 2003 and sold in 2005.

Career

Natick – the second U.S. Navy ship to carry that name -- was laid down 1 September 1960 by Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, Louisiana; launched 28 February 1961; completed 13 June and delivered to the Navy 19 June 1961.

From 1961 to 1964 Natick served the 5th Naval District, Norfolk, Virginia. From 1964 into 1970 the tug has performed her duties for the Navy at Holy Loch, Scotland. And, from 1970 to 1973, Natick supported U.S. Navy ships at La Maddalena, Italy.

Natick was struck from the Navy list on 28 March 2003 and was sold at Boston, Massachusetts, on 26 April 2005.

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