USS Anoka (YTB-810)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Anoka.

Career
Name:	USS Anoka (YTB-810)
Builder:	Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Laid down:	5 October 1970
Launched:	15 April 1971
Acquired:	31 August 1971
Struck:	13 March 2001
Fate:	sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 20 November 2001, to McAllister Towing, renamed Missy McAllister
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

USS Anoka (YTB-810) was laid down on 5 October 1970 at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., by Peterson Builders, Inc.; launched on 15 April 1971; completed on 31 August 1971; and placed in service soon thereafter.

Anoka was assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Norfolk, Va. She spent her entire Navy career operating as a harbor tug in the lower reaches of the Chesapeake Bay and the estuaries that feed the lower bay. Anoka was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 20 November 2001, to McAllister Towing, renamed Missy McAllister, her final fate is unknown.

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 Anoka (YTB-810)