USS Chetek (YTB-827)
300px USS Chetek (YTB-827) tied up at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., 7 July 1988. USS Agawam (YTB-809) is astern of Agawam. | |
Career | |
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Name: | USS Chetek (YTB-827) |
Builder: | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
Laid down: | 21 May 1973 |
Launched: | 25 October 1973 |
In service: | 8 December 1973 |
Fate: | Transferred to the US Army of Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, N.Y., 1 March 1996 |
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 Chetek (YTB-827) was a Natick class tugboat launched in 1973 and serving until 1996. She acted as a tug in the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA.
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