USS Neodesha (YTB-815)

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USS Neodesha (YTB-815) approaches the USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1984.
Career
Name: USS Neodesha (YTB-815)
Builder: Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Laid down: 10 May 1971
Launched: 6 October 1971
In service: 1 February 1972
Reclassified: IX-540 No Name, 3 August 2007
Struck: 2006
Fate: IX-540 Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One, Pearl Harbor, HI..Salvage Training hulk (non-operational)
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 Neodesha (YTB-815) was a Natick class tugboat laid down in 1971. She served the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor, HI until 2006 when she was struck from the naval registers. Neodesha was reacquired in 3 August 2007 and reclassified as IX-540 Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One, a training hulk.

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