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Canocan (YTB-290)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Golf - Foxtrot
 NZGF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Onockatin Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Everett Marine Ways, Everett, WA
  • Laid down, 18 December 1943
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Navy and placed in service as Canocan (YTB-290), 21 October 1944
  • Assigned to the Fourteenth Naval District
  • Struck from Naval Register, date unknown
  • Registered to Pacific Tow Boat Co., Everett, WA, as Sea King (ON 278834), 1959
  • Registered to Foss Tug and Launch Co., Tacoma, WA, renamed Iver Foss, 1976
  • Registered to Donald J. House, Wrangell, AK, renamed Tagish, February 1978
  • Later registered as yacht and liveaboard to Don R. Etheridge, Juneau, AK
  • Foundered in Gastineau Channel, Juneau, AK, late December 2022
  • Final disposition, scheduled to be salved and removed to an out-of-state disposal site, February 2023
    Specifications:
    Displacement 397 tons
    Length 110'
    Beam 27'
    Draft 11' 4"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion
    one Diesel engine
    single propeller, 900shp
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    Canocan
    140929002    		 243k Canocan (YTB-290) assisting USNS Fred L. Ainsworth (T-AP-181) at Pearl Harbor during the 1950s. Dave Wright
    Canocan
    140929001    		 846k Tagish lying partially submerged at the National Guard Dock in the vicinity of the Alaska Marine Lines yard in the Gastineau Channel, Juneau, Alaska, Dec. 29, 2022.
    DVIDS photo, VIRIN 221229-G-G0217-1001    		 Dave Shirlaw
    Canocan (YTB-290)
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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