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| Career (USA)
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| Name: |
Mishawaka (YTB-764) |
| Builder: |
Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA |
| Laid down: |
1 February 1962, |
| Launched: |
3 January 1963 |
| Completed: |
19 April 1963 |
| In service: |
April 1963 |
| Struck: |
28 October 2002 |
| Status: |
sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to JE Ventures LP, Nederland, Texas, for commercial service |
| General characteristics
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| Class and type: |
Natick-class tug |
| Displacement: |
283 t.(lt) 356 t.(fl) |
| Length: |
109 feet (33 m) |
| Beam: |
31 feet (9.4 m) |
| Draft: |
14 feet (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: |
diesel, single screw |
| Speed: |
12 knots |
| Complement: |
12 |
Mishawaka (YTB‑764) was laid down in February 1962, by the Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, La.; launched January 1963; and named Mishawaka, effective 17 January 1963. She reported for duty in the 11th Naval District, headquartered at San Diego, in April 1963, where she remains into 1969.
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