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Wapasha (YTB-737)
ex
 Wapasha (YNT-13) (1942 - 1945)
 Wapasha (YN-45) (1941 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Foxtrot - Mike
 NUFM
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 Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI (YN 162)
  • Completed Moran Towing and Transportation Co., New York, NY, as the harbor tug William J. Moran (ON 237816), September 1938
  • Purchased by the Navy from Moran, 09 December 1940
  • Converted to a Net Tender at the New York Navy Yard
  • Placed in service at New York as Yard Net Tender Wapasha (YN-45), 27 January 1941
  • Allocated to the First Naval District, at Newport, RI
  • Reclassified Net Tender, Tug (YNT-13), 01 May 1942
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large (YTB-737), 02 August 1945
  • Placed out of service, 11 February 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 11 March 1947
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 16 May 1947
  • Reacquired by Moran, renamed Ann Moran, 1947
  • Regisrtered to Solvent Tanker Corp., Staten Island, NY, renamed Yankee, 1976
  • Registered to Eklof Marine Corp., Staten Island, NY, 1981
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1993
    Specifications:
    Displacement 158 gross tons, 62 net tons
    Length 89' 4" waterline, 94' 5" overall
    Beam 25' 2"
    Draft 8' 6"
    Speed 13 knots
    Complement unknown
    Armament two .30 cal machine guns
    Propulsion diesel-electric
    two Electromotive 567 8-cylinder diesel engines
    single propeller, 875shp
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    Commercial Service
    YN-45
    142204502    		 87k Moran Towing and Transportation Co. tug William J. Moran prior to WWII. Birk Thomas
    YN-45
    142204501    		 70k
    YN-45
    142204504    		 28k In commercial service as the Moran Towing and Transportation Co. tug Ann Moran underway in heavy seas, date and location unknown. Birk Thomas
    YN-45
    142204503    		 55k In commercial service as the Eklof Marine Corp. tug Yankee circa 1970s.
    Photo courtesy Geoff Wood    		 Birk Thomas
    Wapasha (YN-45 / YNt-13 / YTB-737)
    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
    Tugboat Information.com - YNT-13 "Wapasha"
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