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Nacheninga (YTM-520)
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 Nacheninga (YTB-520) (1945 - 1954)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Hisada Class District Harbor Tug, Large:
  • Laid down in February 1945, at Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL.
  • Launched, 16 May 1945
  • Delivered and placed in service, as Nacheninga (YTB-520), 7 September 1945, allocated to the 14th Naval District, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Inactivaed, placed out of service at Pearl Harbor in the late 1940s
  • Reactived and placed in service at Naval Station Pearl Harbor in 1951
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-520 in 1954
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register in 1967
  • Final Disposition, sold in 1967, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 237 t.(lt) 325 t.(fl)
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament none
    Propulsion Diesel, single screw
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    YO-77 47k Nacheninga (YTB-520) moored astern of YO-77 at Shanghai, China in 1946 Herbert Jordan QM/SM3c YO-77
    Nacheninga 55k Nacheninga (YTB-520) moored pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy of ENC Robert W. Pollack, USN, (Retired) and Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Nacheninga 68k Nacheninga (YTB-520) moored pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy of ENC Robert W. Pollack, USN, (Retired) and Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Nacheninga 58k Nacheninga (YTB-520) underway at Pearl Harbor, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy of ENC Robert W. Pollack, USN, (Retired) and Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 5 February 2010