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Tahchee (YTM-736)
ex
 Tahchee (YNT-11 (1943 - 1945)
 Tahchee (YN-43) (1940 - 1943)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Lima - Victor
 NILV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Yard Net Laying Craft:
  • Built by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, NY (YN 458)
  • Completed for Bushey as stock tug Choctaw (ON 234629), 1936
  • Sold to Canal Lakes Towing Corp., New York, NY, rneamed Calatco, 1936
  • Purchased by the Navy, 22 October 1940
  • Converted for naval service at the New York Navy Yard, completed 07 December 1940
  • Placed in service Tahchee (YN-43) at new York Navy Yard, 17 December 1940
  • Sailed from New York to Norfolk, 18-19 December 1940
  • Initially assigned to Fifth Naval District at Norfolk, December 1940 - April 1941
  • Sailed from Norfolk to Philadelpia, 02-03 April 1941
  • Assigned to the Fourth Naval District at Philadelphia, PA, April 1941 - April 1943
  • Reclassified Yard Net Tender Tug YNT-10, 01 May 1942
  • Assigned to First Naval District at Newport, RI, April 1943 - September 1946
  • Redesignated Harbor Tug Medium YTM-736, 02 August 1945
  • Placed out of service at Melville, RI, 01 September 1946
  • Declared surplus to the needs of the Navy, 08 November 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 December 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 04 April 1947
  • Returned to Canl Lakes Towing as Calatco, 1947
  • Registered to McAllister Towing, New York, NY, renamed Barbara McAllister, 1956
  • Registered to Marine Facilities, Inc., Bayonne, NJ, renamed Jonathan B., 1966
  • Registered to Sotopa Towing, Staten Island, NY, 1971
  • Registered to Raymond Connolly, Brooklyn, NY, 1975
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (out of documentation 1980s)
    1. Some sources claim this tug became Sea Horse in the 1980s, but can find no evidence of this.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 84 gross tons, 57 net tons
    Length 69' 9" waterline, 78' 0" overall
    Beam 19' 3"
    Draft 8' 6"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    Propulsion
    one Fairbanks Morse diesel engine
    single propeller, 450hp
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    Tahchee (YN-43 / YNT-11 / YTM-736)
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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