| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Mishawaka (YTB-764) |
| Builder: | Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1962, |
| Launched: | 3 January 1963 |
| Completed: | 19 April 1963 |
| In service: | April 1963 |
| Struck: | 28 October 2002 |
| Status: | Sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to JE Ventures LP, Nederland, Texas, for commercial service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Natick class |
| Type: | Large District Harbor Tug |
| Displacement: | 283 t.(lt) 356 t.(fl) |
| Length: | 109 ft (33 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel, single screw |
| Speed: | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 12 |
USS Mishawaka (YTB‑764) was a United States Navy Natick class large district harbor tug named for Mishawaka, Indiana.[1]
Mishawaka was laid down in February 1962, by the Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, La.; launched January 1963; and named Mishawaka, effective 17 January 1963.
She reported for duty in the 11th Naval District, headquartered at San Diego, in April 1963, where she remained into the 1980s.
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