USS Ketchikan (YTB-795)

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A starboard bow view of USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) being assisted by USS Ketchikan (YTB-795) and another tug, while docking at Sierra Pier, Naval Station Guam during Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99.
Career
Name: USS Ketchikan (YTB-795)
Builder: Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down: 18 December 1967
Launched: 11 June 1968
Acquired: 6 November 1968
Struck: 5 June 2001
Fate: disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 25 April 2003
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 Ketchikan (YTB-795) was a Natick-class fleet tug that went into service in November 1968. She served as a harbor tug in Naval Station Guam, Marianas Islands until her decommissioning in 2001.

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