USS Tuskegee (YTB-806)

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USS Tuskegee (YTB-806) and USS Niantic (YTB-781) assist USS Ranger (CV-61) while docking at the Naval Supply Center pier at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., 1 June 1991.
Career
Name: USS Tuskegee (YTB-806)
Builder: Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Laid down: 26 September 1969
Launched: 15 April 1970
In service: 2 October 1970
Struck: 26 April 2006
Fate: sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse or conversion, 11 February 2008
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 Tuskegee (YTB-806) was a Natick class tugboat serving the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii from 1970 until her decommissioning in 2006. After Navy service, Tuskegee was sold for reuse in 2008.


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