USS Ottumwa (YTB-761) and 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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| Name: | USS Manhattan (YTB-779) |
| Ordered: | 31 January 1964 |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Laid down: | 1 October 1964 |
| Launched: | 15 July 1965 |
| Acquired: | 1 December 1965 |
| Struck: | 1 October 2004 |
| Reinstated: | 7 October 2008 (as unnamed YT-800) |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Natick class Large District Harbor Tug |
| Displacement: | 283 long tons (288 t) (lt) 356 long tons (362 t) (full) |
| Length: | 109 ft (33 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engine, single screw |
| Speed: | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 12 |
USS Manhattan (YTB‑779) was a United States Navy Natick class large district harbor tug named for Manhattan, New York.[1]
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The contract for Manhattan was awarded 31 January 1964. She was laid down on 1 October 1964 at Marinette, Wisconsin, by Marinette Marine and launched 15 July 1965.
Assigned to the Pacific Fleet, Manhattan transited the Panama Canal and steamed to Hawaii for duty in the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Pearl Harbor.
Manhattan served in Viet Nam between November 1966 and September 1968.
After Viet Nam, Manhattan was assigned to Naval Submarine Base Bangor.
Stricken from the Navy List 1 October 2004, Manhattan was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 23 August 2005, to Grant Westmoreland, LMW Investments Inc. for $151,888.
Reaquired by the US Navy, ex-Manhattan was designated YT-800 7 October 2008. She has not been named.
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