Dekanawida (YTB-831)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Dekanawida.

*Dekanawida* (YTB-831)
History
Dekanawida (YTB-831) and Santaquin (YTB-824) assist SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6) as she arrives at US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay for the exercise Joint Logistics Over The Shore (JLOTS) 09.

Awarded:	5 June 1973
Builder:	Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down:	22 January 1974
Launched:	12 September 1974
In service:	31 October 1974
Status:	Active as of 2012
General characteristics
Class and type:	Natick-class large harbor tug
Displacement:	286 long tons (291 t) (light) 346 long tons (352 t) (full)
Length:	108 ft (33 m)
Beam:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Speed:	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement:	12
Armament:	None

Dekanawida (YTB-831) is a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug named for the Great Peacemaker who, by tradition, was one of the founders of the Iroquois Confederacy. Dekanawida was the second US Navy ship to bear the name.^[1]

Construction

The contract for Dekanawida was awarded 5 June 1973. She was laid down on 22 January 1974 at Marinette, Wisconsin, by Marinette Marine and launched 12 September 1974.

Dekanawida remained in active service at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as late as April 1, 2015.^[2]

↑ "Dekanawida (YTB-831)". Retrieved 2012-04-11.
↑ Daryl T. Madrid (1 April 2015). "The tugboats of Guantanamo" (PDF). The Wire. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. p. 6. Retrieved 2015-04-13.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

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