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| Career
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| Name: |
USS Nanticoke (YTB-803) |
| Builder: |
Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI |
| Laid down: |
26 May 1969 |
| Launched: |
14 December 1969 |
| In service: |
21 June 1970 |
| Struck: |
9 November 1999 |
| Fate: |
Sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 30 October 2002, Nix's Mate Equipment Co., Salem, N.H. for $311,000. Renamed Canal Protector |
| General characteristics
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| 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 Nanticoke (YTB-803) was a natick Class District Harbor Tug laid down 1969, at Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI. and placed in service in the 12th Naval District at San Francisco. She served her whole career there until she was taken out of service in 1999. She was subsequently sold to a private concern and is still in service as the Canal Protector.
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