Ottumwa (YTB-7610 and USS Manhattan (YTB-779) assist in the docking of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN-726) at Delta Pier, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, WA. |
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| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Ottumwa (YTB-761) |
| Builder: | Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, NY |
| Laid down: | 27 December 1960 |
| Launched: | 30 May 1961 |
| In service: | 9 October 1961 |
| Struck: | 28 October 2002 |
| Fate: | Transferred General Services Administration (GSA) under the Property Donation Exchange Program, 8 July 2004, fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Natick-class tug |
| Displacement: | 282 t.(lt) 344 t. (fl) |
| Length: | 109 ft (33 m) |
| Beam: | 29 ft 7 in (9.02 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel, single screw |
| Speed: | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 12 |
USS Ottumwa (YTB–761) was a United States Navy Natick class large district harbor tug named for Ottumwa, Iowa.[1]
Ottumwa was laid down in December 1960 at Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, New York; designated 25 April 1961; launched the following month; and completed in October 1961.
First assigned duty in the 14th Naval District, she took up and ably performed the vast array of tasks appropriate to tugs at Pearl Harbor. She continued active service at Pearl Harbor into 1970.
Sometime before decommissioning, Ottumwa was transferred to Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington.
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