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Noka (YNT-22)
ex
 Noka (YN-54) (1941)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Charlie - Uniform
 NBCU
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 Levingston Shipbuilding Corp., Orange, TX (YN 186)
  • Purchased by Navy from builder, 18 February 1941
  • Placed in service, 18 February 1941
  • Converted for naval service by Naval Station Key West, completed 14 June 1941
  • Assigned to the Fifth Naval District at Norfolk, VA, 1941-1945
  • redesignated Yard Net Tender Tug YNT-22, 01 May 1942
  • Redesignated Harbor Tug Medium YTM-742, 02 August 1945
  • Placed out of service at Norfolk, 05 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1946
  • To Maritime Commission for disposal, 27 December 1946
  • Registered to S.C. Loveland Co., Philadelphia, PA, as Doris Loveland (ON 251602), 1947
  • Registered to Newtown Creek Towing Co., New York, NY, as Russell 16, 1951
  • Registered to Southern Materials Co., Norfolk, VA, as Lin-Clay, 1955
  • Registered to Bay Towing Corp., Norfolk, VA, as Bay Queen, 1966
  • Capsized off Rehoboth, DE, 23 March 1988
  • Salvaged, converted to liveaboard, circa 1994
  • Was at Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, until circa 2012-2014
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 92 gross tons, 46 net tons
    Length 68' 3" waterline, 74' 0" overall
    Beam 20' 1"
    Draft 8' 5"
    Speed 12 knots
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    Propulsion
    one GM 8-278 diesel engine
    single propeller, 400shp
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    Noka (YN-54) / (YNT-22 / YTM-742)
    Noka
    142205401    		 122k Noka (YN-54) underway, 14 February 1941, probably near Orange, TX. while undergoing builders acceptance trials. Photographed by the Business Men's Studio, Beaumont, Texas.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo No. Unknown    		 Mike Green
    Noka
    142205402    		 122k Bow view of Noka (YN-54) moored, probably same time and cicumstances as above. Photo from Ted Stone Collection. George Schneider
    Commercial Service
    Noka
    142205403    		 289k Doris Loveland maneuvering the derrick barge Shimson, built by Wiley, before its delivery to the Israeli Supply Mission, New York, to Tel Aviv, 1950. A fireboat for the ISM was built at the same time, and may be the vessel on the barge. Dave Boone
    Noka (YN-54 / YNT-22)
    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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