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|---|---|
| Name: | USS Anoka (YTB-810) |
| Awarded: | 22 June 1970 |
| Builder: | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI |
| Laid down: | 5 October 1970 |
| Launched: | 15 April 1971 |
| Acquired: | 31 August 1971 |
| Struck: | 13 March 2001 |
| Fate: | Sold 20 November 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Natick class Large District Harbor Tug |
| Displacement: | 282 long tons (287 t) (light) 344 long tons (350 t) (full) |
| Length: | 109 ft (33 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 12 |
| Armament: | None |
USS Anoka (YTB-810) was a United States Navy Natick class large district harbor tug named for Anoka, Minnesota.[1]
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The contract for Anoka was awarded 22 June 1970. She was laid down down on 5 October 1970 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, by Peterson Builders and launched 15 April 1971.
Anoka was assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Norfolk, Virginia. She spent her entire Navy career operating as a harbor tug in the lower reaches of the Chesapeake Bay and the estuaries that feed the lower bay.
Stricken from the Navy List 13 March 2001, ex-Anoka was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 20 November 2001, to McAllister Towing, renamed Missy McAllister.[2]
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