USS Kasota (YTB-222)

300px USS Kasota (YTB-222) coming along and unidentified ship at Norfolk, VA.
Career
Name:	USS Kasota (YTB-222)
Builder:	Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC
Launched:	20 January 1944
Sponsored by:	Miss Norma Crawley
In service:	4 September 1944
Reclassified:	Large District Harbor Tug YTB-227, 15 May 1944
Struck:	1 May 1961
Fate:	unknown
General characteristics
Class and type:	Cahto-class district harbor tug
Displacement:	410 long tons (417 t)
Length:	110 ft 0 in (33.53 m)
Beam:	27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draft:	11 ft 4 in (3.45 m)
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	12
Armament:	2 × .50-caliber machine guns

Kasota was laid down as YT-222; launched 20 January 1944 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, N.C.; sponsored by Miss Norma Crawley; and reclassified YTB-222 15 May 1944 prior to being placed in service 4 September for duty in the 5th Naval District. Kasota operated out of Norfolk as a district and service craft until 1 May 1961 when she was struck from the Navy List.

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 Kasota (YTB-222)