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Oneka (YTM-729)
ex
 Oneka (YNT-3) (1942 - 1945)
 Oneka (YN-35) (1940 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Foxtrot - Bravo
 NAFB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Yard Net Tender:
  • Built by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, NY (YN 478)
  • Completed for Motor Tug Counselor, Inc., New York, NY, as tug Counselor (ON 240024), 1940
  • Purchased by the US Navy from Bushey, 28 September 1940
  • Placed in service as Oneka (YN-35), ca. October 1940
  • Assigned to Fifth Naval District at Norfolk, 1940 - 1943
  • Reclassified Yard Net Tender Tug YNT-3, 01 May 1942
  • Sailed from Norfolk to Curacao, 31 January - early March 1943
  • Assigned to Tenth Naval District, Commander All Forces Aruba-Curacao, March 1943 - 1945
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug Large YTB-729, 04 August 1945
  • Stricken from Naval Register, 31 July 1946
  • Reinstated on Naval Register, 25 September 1946
  • Placed out of service and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX, October 1947
  • Withdrawn from reserve and placed in service, November 1952
  • Intially assigned to Naval Station Key West
  • Assigned to NAS Pensacola, 26 February 1953
  • Sunk in collision with training carrier Antietam (CVS-36) at Pensacola, 01 November 1961
  • Raised and repaired
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug Medium YTM-729, 24 November 1961
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 01 March 1962
  • Navy sale bids opened, 18 December 1962
  • Sold to National Bulk Carriers, Inc., New York, NY, 11 April 1963
  • Went to Mexican flag as Oneka
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (still active on Pacific coast of Mexico 1986)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 132 gross tons, 89 net tons
    Length 83' 4" waterline, 91' 0" overall
    Beam 23' 0"
    Draft 11' 0"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Fairbanks-Morse 7-cylinder diesel engine
    single propeller, 805shp
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    Hopocan
    141172903    		 283k News article relating to Oneka's accidental sinking in 1961.
    Article from The Pensacola News, 29 June 1962.    		 Dave Wright
    Oneka
    141172901    		 52k Ex-Oneka (YTM-729) at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, date unknown Robert Hurst, courtesy Francisco Bulnes and the
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS)
    Oneka
    141172902    		 45k
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    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Last Updated 15 December 2025