USS Waxahachie (YTB-814)
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| Career |  |
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| Name: | USS Waxahachie |
| Builder: | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Laid down: | 1 April 1971 |
| Launched: | 9 September 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Tugboat |
| Displacement: | 356 long tons (362 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 Waxahachie (YTB-814), sometimes misspelled Waxahatchie, was a Natick-class Large Harbor Tug of the United States Navy, named in honor of Waxahachie, Texas.
Waxahachie was laid down on 1 April 1971 at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., by Peterson Builders, Inc., and launched on 9 September 1971. The large harbor tug was accepted by the Navy on 4 January 1972 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and assigned to the 14th Naval District. She continued to serve the fleet actively, providing tug and tow services, as well as pilot assistance, at the busy Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor into 1980.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery at navsource.org
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