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Katlian (YNT-16)
ex
 Katlian (YN-48) (1940 - 1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Kilo - Oscar
 NIKO
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
Cockenoe Class Yard Net Laying Craft:
  • Built by Canulette Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, LA
  • Launched, 10 November 1939
  • Completed for Gulf Coast Towing Co., Slidell, LA, as tug A.D. Canulette (ON 239131), 06 December 1939
  • Purchased by Navy from Gulf Coast Towing for $105,000, 22 October 1940
  • Converted for Naval service at Naval Station New Orleans, LA
  • Placed in service at Katlian (YN-48), 19 December 1940
  • Allocated to the Twelfth Naval District at Mare Island Navy Yard
  • Reclassified Yard Net Tender Tug YNT-16, 01 May 1942
  • Placed out of service, 30 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 02 June 1947
  • Registered to R. J. Fenzl, Houston, TX, renamed Captain Rudy, 1947
  • Registered to T.P. Hull, Jr., Houston, TX, renamed Ethel McDermott, 1949
  • Registered to J. Ray McDermott & Co., Houston, TX, 1950
  • To Venezuelan flag, 1958
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 129 gross tons, 43 net tons
    Length 86' 7" waterline, 93' 0" overall
    Beam 22' 0"
    Draft 8' 3"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    Propulsion
    Atlas Imperial diesel engine
    single propeller, 550hp
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    Katlian (YN-48 / YNT-16)
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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