| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Yuma |
| Namesake: | The Yuma, a Native American people |
| Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, California |
| Completed: | 1954 |
| Acquired: | September 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 1964 |
| Out of service: | August 1976 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 17 March 1987 (but see article text) |
| Notes: | In U.S. Army service as LT-2078 1954-1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Chicopee class |
| Type: | Medium harbor tug |
| Tonnage: | 129 tons gross |
| Displacement: | 310 tons (full) |
| Length: | 107 ft (33 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Complement: | 16 |
The third USS Yuma (YTM-748) was a medium harbor tug that served in the United States Navy from 1964 to 1976.
Yuma was built at San Diego, California, by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), for the United States Army, which took delivery of her in 1954, and designated her "large tug" LT-2078. The U.S. Navy acquired LT-2078 from the Army in September 1964. The Navy classified her as a medium harbor tug, designated her YTM-748, and commissioned her as USS Yuma.
Yuma was assigned to the 12th Naval District and served as a harbor tug at San Francisco, California, until placed out of service in August 1976. She was then assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet and berthed at Bremerton, Washington. She was sold for scrapping on 17 March 1987.
Shipbuildinghistory.com: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego CA claims that Yuma "later" served under the name Delaware and "now' is named Mobile Point, but no information is available with which to explain at what point in her life and under what circumstances this happened, or to explain the discrepancy between this assertion and the Naval Vessel Register report that the tug was sold for scrapping in 1987[1]. She may have been sold for scrapping, but then retained in commercial service instead of being scrapped. Resolution of this issue awaits further research.