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Cockenoe (YNT-15)
ex
 Cockenoe (YN-47) (1940 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Foxtrot - Quebec
 NBFQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor)
Bottom Row American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
District Craft Net Tender Tug:
  • Built by Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX (YN 167)
  • Completed as unnamed tug, 05 December 1940
  • Purchased by the Navy from builder, 21 December 1940
  • Placed in service as Cockenoe (YN-47), 31 December 1940
  • Converted for naval service by Naval Station, Key West, completed 15 February 1941
  • Towed to Pearl Harbor, arrived 15 June 1941
  • Assigned to Fourteenth Naval District, 1941-1947
  • Reclassified District Craft Net Tender Tug YNT-15, 01 May 1942
  • Cockenoe was present at Pearl Harbor, 07 December 1941
  • Placed out of service, 18 January 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1947
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 16 July 1947
  • Registered to Higman Towing Co., Port Arthur, TX, as tug Charles E. Brown (ON 254460), 1948
  • Registered to Southern Towing Co., Orange, TX, renamed Southern I, 1957
  • Registered to C. Wayne Holder, Freeport, TX, 1971
  • Final disposition, fate unknown (probably out of documentation 1980s)
  • Cockenoe earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 86 grss tons, 58 net tons
    Length 65' 5" waterline, 70' 10" overall
    Beam 18' 0"
    Draft 9' 2""
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    Atlas Imperial diesel engine
    single propeller, 400shp
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    Cockenoe (YN-47 / YNT-15)
    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
    US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
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