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| Career (USA)
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| Name: |
Okmulgee (YTB-765) |
| Builder: |
Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA |
| Laid down: |
3 July 1962 |
| Launched: |
18 April 1963 |
| Struck: |
25 May 2005 |
| Fate: |
sold, 14 September 2006, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to McAllister Towing of Virginia for $136,000. |
| 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 |
Okmulgee (YTB-765) was laid down in July 1962, by the Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, La.; launched April 1963; and named Okmulgee , effective July 1963. She reported for duty in the 11th Naval District, headquartered at San Diego, in April 1963. She was taken out of service and sold, 14 September 2006.
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