USS Mandan (YTB-794)
| 300px Starboard broadside view of USS Mandan (YTB-794) underway in the harbor at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines, 8 December 1990 | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Mandan (YTB-794) |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Laid down: | 11 December 1967 |
| Launched: | 30 April 1968 |
| Acquired: | 15 October 1968 |
| Struck: | 5 January 2001 |
| Fate: | disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 27 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 Mandan (YTB-794) was a Natick class tug laid down in 1967, at Marinette Marine corp, Marinette, Wisconsin. She served at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines until the Vietnam war when she was reassigned to NSA Danang, South Vietnam. She earned service ribbons for Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V, Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI, and Tet/69 Counteroffensive. After that conflict's conclusion Mandan was again assigned to Subic Bay where she served out the rest of her career until being struck from the registers in 2001.
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