USS Natchitoches (YTB-799)
| 300px USS Natchitoches (YTB-799) heads across Charleston harbor with reporters and cameramen aboard. | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Natchitoches (YTB-799) |
| Builder: | Southern Shipbuilding Corp, Slidell, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 24 June 1968 |
| Launched: | 9 January 1969 |
| Acquired: | 29 May 1969 |
| Struck: | 13 October 1995 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the US Army, Corps Of Engineers, 28 December 1995, renamed D. L. Billmaier |
| 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 Natchitoches (YTB-799) was laid down 24 June 1968 by the Southern Shipbuilding Corp, Slidell, Louisiana; launched 9 January 1969; placed in service 29 May 1969; and assigned to Boston. She served in Boston, Naval Station Puget Sound, Everett, Washington, and 6th Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina until her retirement in 1995.
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 Natchitoches (YTB-799)
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