USS Ottumwa (YTB-761)

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Career (USA)
Name:	USS Ottumwa (YTB-761)
Builder:	Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, NY
Laid down:	27 December 1960
Launched:	30 May 1961
In service:	9 October 1961
Struck:	28 October 2002
Fate:	Transferred General Services Administration (GSA) under the Property Donation Exchange Program, 8 July 2004, fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type:	Natick-class tug
Displacement:	282 t.(lt) 344 t. (fl)
Length:	109 feet (33 m)
Beam:	29 feet 7 inches (9.02 m)
Draft:	14 feet (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	diesel, single screw
Speed:	12 knots
Complement:	12

Ottumwa (YTB–761) was laid down as a large harbor tug in December 1960; designated 25 April 1961; launched the following month; and completed in October 1961.

First assigned duty in the 14th Naval District, she took up and ably performed the vast array of tasks appropriate to tugs at Pearl Harbor. She continues active at Pearl Harbor into 1970.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive YTB-761 Ottumwa