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Okisko (YTL-735)
ex
 Okisko (YNT-10) (1942 - 1945)
 Okisko (YN-42) (1940 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Lima - Mike
 NILM
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 Texas City Shipyard, Galveston, TX
  • Completed for Terry Dalehite Towing Co., Galveston, TX, as tug Cornelius Kroll, (ON 238303), 1939
  • Capsized and sank on Intracoastal Waterway in Louisian, mid-September 1940
  • Salvaged by early October 1940
  • Purchased by the Navy at New Orleans for $51,324.12, 29 October 1940
  • Converted for Naval service at Naval Station New Orleans, LA, completed 07 November 1940
  • Placed in service Okisko (YN-42), 19 December 1940
  • Allocated to the Sixth Naval District at Charleston, SC
  • Reclassified Yard Net Tender Tug YNT-10, 01 May 1942
  • Reassigned to the Eighth Naval District at Naval Station New Orleans, LA, February 1943
  • Reclassified Yard Harbor Tug, Light YTL-735, 02 August 1945
  • Placed out of service, 16 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 08 May 1946
  • To Maritime Commission for disposal, 21 February 1947
  • Sold to Waterman Steamship Co., Mobile, AL and renamed Cadet, 1947
  • Sold to Mobile Ship Repair, Mobile, AL, 1956
  • Sold to Walsh Stevedoring Co., Mobile, AL, 1964
  • Sold to Venezuelan flag, February 1978
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    1. The previous Navsource entry for this vessel mistakenly conflated this tug's postwar history with the second Cornelius Kroll (ON 240499) of 1941, which went to the Army Engineers and later became Reinauer's Wilcox. The above information is now correct.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 56 gross tons, 38 net tons
    Length 59' 5" waterline, 63' 0" overall
    Beam 16' 6"
    Draft 7' 6"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Superior diesel engine
    single propeller, 350hp
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    Okisko (YN-42 / YNT-10 / YTL-735)
    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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