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Hopocan (YTM-728)
ex
 Hopocan (YNT-1) (1942 - 1945)
 Hopocan (YN-33) (1940 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Bravo - Charlie
 NABC
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 Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, NY (YN 461)
  • Completed for Motor Tug Carmelite, Inc., Brooklyn NY as diesel tug Carmelite (ON 235802), 1937
  • Purchased by the Navy from Bushey, 16 August 1940
  • Converted for naval service at New York Navy Yard
  • Placed in service as Hopocan (YN-33), 09 September 1940
  • Allocated to the 15th Naval District, stationed at Cristobal, Canal Zone
  • Redesignated Yard Net Tender Tug YNT-1, 01 May 1942
  • Reassigned to the 10th Naval District, Aruba-Curacao, 17 July 1942
  • Reassigned to Naval Base, Trinidad, October 1944
  • Redesignated Yard Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-728, 02 August 1945
  • Reassigned to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, August 1945
  • Placed out of service at New York Navy Yard, 02 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 01 May 1947
  • Registered to Red Star Towing & Transportation Co., New York, NY as Roslyn, 1947
  • Registered to Tug H.J. Sheridan Corp., Philadelphia, PA as H.J. Sheridan, 1960
  • Out of documentation, 1971
  • Redocumented and registered to Hillside Marine Corp., Hillside, NJ, 1973
  • Registered to Richard J. Forster Marine Towing, New York, NY, 1980s
  • Registered to R.J. Casho Marine Towing, Philadelphia, PA, ca. 1990
  • Registered to Pieter Kuypers, New York, NY and renamed Captain Cory, 1993
  • Arrested on libel by US Marshal, August 1994
  • Sold to International Ship Repair, Tampa, FL at public auction and renamed Captain C.,, 01 December 1994
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, date and location unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 129 gross tons, 87 net tons
    Length 83' 0" waterline, 90' 0" overall
    Beam 22' 6"
    Draft 8' 4"
    Speed 11 knots
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Fairbanks Morse 7-cylinder diesel engine
    single propeller, 750shp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Hopocan
    142203301    		 94k Underway in New York harbor as the Red Star Towing Co. tug Roslyn during the 1950s. Fred Reep
    Hopocan
    142203304    		 577k Underway off Governor's Island, NY, as H.J. Sheridan with barge Hughes 137 (ON 531907, built 1944 as Army derrick barge BD 2038) during the late 1960s. Hughes Marine Firms via Facebook
    Hopocan
    142203302    		 118k As the merchant tug Captain Cory, moored pierside at Tampa, FL, March 1994.
    Photo by Robert J. Lewis    		 Fred Reep
    Hopocan
    142203303    		 86k Closeup of Captain Cory, moored pierside at Tampa, FL, 1994.
    Photo by William Corrino, from Tampa Bay Magazine, May/June 1994.    		 Dave Wright
    Hopocan (YN-33 / YNT-1 / YTM-728)
    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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    Last Updated 15 December 2025