USS Winnemucca (YTB-785)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Winnemucca (YTB-785) |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Laid down: | 23 September 1965 |
| Launched: | 23 December 1965 |
| Acquired: | 5 April 1966 |
| In service: | June 1966 |
| Fate: | sold, 22 December 2003, by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion to LMW Investments Inc. Chula Vista, CA. for $67,822 |
| 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 |
The second Winnemucca (YTB-785) was laid down in September 1965 at Marinette, WI., by the Marinette Marine Corp.; launched in December 1965; delivered to the Navy in April 1966; and placed in service in June 1966.
Initially assigned to the 5th Naval District, the large harbor tug operated in the Norfolk area until the following spring. Reassigned at that time to Vietnam, she arrived in that country on 10 June and, for the remainder of America's involvement in that conflict, she served with Task Force 117, the Mobile Riverine Force. During her almost six years of combat operations on the rivers and in the swamps of South Vietnam, Winnemucca earned two Presidential Unit Citations and four Navy Unit Commendations. At the end of America's participation in that civil war in 1973, the tug was reassigned to the 17th Naval District and operated out of Adak, Alaska. That tour of duty ended late in 1975 when the ship began service at San Francisco, attached to the 12th Naval District. She was sold, 22 December 2003 and removed from the Navy register.
Winnemucca earned 13 battle stars during the Vietnam conflict.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Winnemucca (YTB-785)
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