USS Niantic (YTB-781)

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An aerial port side view of USS Ranger (CV 61), with her Sailors manning the rails and aircraft of the Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) on her deck, as she is nudged into position by harbor tugs USS Neodesha (YTB-815), Niantic (YTB-781) and USS Waxahachie (YTB-814) upon arrival at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI,. 8 March 1993.
Career (USA)
Name: USS Niantic (YTB-781)
Builder: Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down: 10 December 1964
Launched: 7 September 1965
Completed: 10 November 1965
In service: 1966
Out of service: 26 April 2006
Struck: 26 April 2006
Fate: sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) reuse/conversion, 11 February 2008
General characteristics
Class and type: Natick
Displacement: 356 tons
Length: 109 ft (33 m)
Beam: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Diesel engine, single screw
Speed: 12 knots
Complement: 12

The USS Niantic (YTB–781) was laid down 10 December 1964 by the Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wisconsin; launched, without ceremony, 7 September 1965; and placed in service in the 14th Naval District in June 1966. Assigned to the 14th Naval District, headquartered at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the large harbor tug Niantic has performed in the waters off Hawaii until she was decommissioned on 26 April 2006.

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