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Metacom (YTM-740)
ex
 Metacom (YNT-19) (1942 - 1945)
 Metacom (YN-51) (1940 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Tango - Oscar
 NATO
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Yard Net Tender:
  • Built by Harry A. Marvel & Co., Newburgh, NY (YN 225)
  • Completed for Meseck Towing & Transportation Co., Brooklyn, NY, as the tug Joseph Meseck (ON 239237), February 1940
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1940 from Messick Towing & Transportation Co. Inc., N.Y.
  • Purchased by US Navy from Meseck, 08 November 1940
  • Converted for naval service by Marine Basin, Brooklyn, and New York Navy Yard, completed 28 January 1941
  • Placed in service as the Yard Net Tender Metacom (YN-51), 11 March 1941
  • Allocated to the Third Naval District
  • Redesignated Yard Net Tender Tug YNT-19, 01 May 1942
  • Redesignated Harbor Tug Medium YTM-740, 02 August 1945
  • Placed out of service at Brooklyn, 30 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 26 February 1947
  • Returned to Meseck as Joseph Meseck, 1947
  • Meseck sold to Moran Towing, 1954
  • Renamed E.F. Moran, Jr., 1955
  • Taken out of service about 2007
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (probably scrapped about 2007/8)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 225 gross tons, 150 net tons
    Length 97' 9" waterline, 104' 5" overall
    Beam 26' 11"
    Draft 12' 2"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two .30 cal machine guns
    (later two 20mm AA)
    Propulsion
    Skinner Uniflow 3-cylinder steam engine
    single propeller, 1480shp
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    Metacom (YN-51/YNT-19/YTM-740)
    Metacom
    141174004    		 592k Metacom (YN-51) underway in Lower New York Bay off Brooklyn, NY, 05 March 1941, a few days before completion of conversion.
    National Archives photos 19-N-23967, 19-N-23970, 19-N-23968 and 19-N-23969     		Mike Green
    Metacom
    141174001    		 542k
    Metacom
    141174002    		 536k
    Metacom
    141174003    		 535k
    Metacom
    141174005    		 94k Metacom (YNT-19) underway off New York Harbor during Wolrd War II.
    Photo copyright Ted Stone.    		 George Schneider
    Commercial Service
    Metacom
    141174006    		 94k E.F. Moran, Jr. moored at Portsmouth, NH, 10 August 1987. By this time, she had long been dieselized and little resembled her original configuration.
    Photo copyright Ted Stone.    		 George Schneider
    Metacom (YN-51 / YNT-19 / YTM-740)
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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