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USS Hiawatha (YT-265)

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Red Cloud (YTB-268), a type V2-ME-A1, same as Hiawatha, alongside David C. Shanks, outside the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California, 1950s
History
United States
NamePort Angeles
NamesakePort Angeles
OwnerMaritime Commission
Orderedas type (V2-ME-A1) hull, MCE hull 432[1]
Awarded23 August 1941
BuilderBirchfield Boiler, Inc., Tacoma, Washington
Cost$301,042[1]
Yard number1
Laid down27 October 1941
Launched3 April 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Violet Davies
FateTransferred to the US Navy, 30 April 1942
United States
NameHiawatha
NamesakeHiawatha
OwnerUS Navy
Acquired30 April 1942
Reclassified
  • From harbor tug (YT-265) to large harbor tug (YTB-265) 15 May 1944
  • To medium harbor tug (YTM-265) February 1962
Identification
FateSold for scrapping, 7 April 1987
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeHiawatha-class tugboat
TypeHarbor tug
Displacement237 long tons (241 t)
Length100 ft (30 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Installed power
PropulsionSingle propeller
Speed16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Crew14
Armament2 × 0.50 in (12.70 mm) heavy machine guns

USS Hiawatha (YT-265), later YTB-265, later YTM-265, was a type V2-ME-A1 harbor tug that entered service in the United States Navy in 1942, and was sold in 1987. She was the third ship to bear the name Hiawatha.

Construction

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Hiawatha was laid down as the tug Port Angeles, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 432, by Birchfield Boiler, Inc. at Tacoma, Washington, on 27 October 1941. She was launched on 3 April 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Violet Davies. The U.S. Navy acquired Port Angeles on 30 April 1942, renaming her Hiawatha, and placed her in service as harbor tug Hiawatha (YT-265).[3][1]

Service history

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Because of a delay in the delivery of the engine, the supercharger was not installed and delivery was delayed until 30 November 1942.[1] Hiawatha performed harbor tug duties for the 13th Naval District, at Seattle, Washington, during and after World War II. She was reclassified as a large harbor tug, and redesignated YTB-265, on 15 May 1944.[3]

In 1948, Hiawatha was assigned to the 12th Naval District, where she operated as a tug for the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, at San Francisco, California, into at least the 1960s. She was reclassified as a medium harbor tug, and redesignated YTM-265, in February 1962.[3]

Hiawatha was sold for scrapping on 7 April 1987.[2]

References

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Bibliography

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  • "Port Angeles". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  • "Hiawatha (YTM-265)". Navsource.org. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  • "Hiawatha III (YT-265)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2023.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Public Domain This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.