Muskegon (YTB-763) while working alongside a ship at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 13 May 2004 |
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| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Muskegon (YTB-763) |
| Builder: | Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1962 |
| Launched: | 8 August 1962 |
| Completed: | 19 April 1963 |
| In service: | April 1963 |
| Status: | in active service as of 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Natick-class 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 Muskegon (YTB‑763), is a United States Navy Natick class large district harbor tug. She is the second ship to be named for Muskegon, Michigan.[1]
Muskegon was laid down in February 1962 by the Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, La.; launched in August 1962; and completed in April 1963.
Assigned as a yard tug to the 11th Naval District at San Diego, Muskegon remained there into 1969. Sometime before March 1994 Muskegon was transferred to Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.
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