USS Kasota (YTB-222)

USS Kasota (YTB-222) coming along and unidentified ship at Norfolk, VA.
Career
Name: USS Kasota (YTB-222)
Builder: Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC
Launched: 20 January 1944
Sponsored by: Miss Norma Crawley
In service: 4 September 1944
Reclassified: Large District Harbor Tug YTB-227, 15 May 1944
Struck: 1 May 1961
Fate: unknown
General characteristics
Class and type:Cahto-class district harbor tug
Displacement:410 long tons (417 t)
Length:110 ft 0 in (33.53 m)
Beam:27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draft:11 ft 4 in (3.45 m)
Speed:12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:12
Armament:2 × .50-caliber machine guns

Kasota was laid down as YT-222; launched 20 January 1944 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, N.C.; sponsored by Miss Norma Crawley; and reclassified YTB-222 15 May 1944 prior to being placed in service 4 September for duty in the 5th Naval District. Kasota operated out of Norfolk as a district and service craft until 1 May 1961 when she was struck from the Navy List.

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