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| Career
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| Name: |
USS Ocala (YTB-805) |
| Builder: |
Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI |
| Laid down: |
20 August 1969 |
| Launched: |
30 March 1970 |
| In service: |
19 September 1970 |
| Struck: |
28 October 1997 |
| Fate: |
Sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to McAllister Towing, renamed Beth M. McAllister |
| 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 Ocala (YTB-805) was a Natick class tugboat serving from 1970 to 1997. Ocala was allocated to the Naval Base at La Maddalena, Italy and served her whole career there, until being sold in 1997.
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