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Pokagon (YTB-836) returns to the pier as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departs Naval Station Everett, WA. for a scheduled deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
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History | |
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United States | |
Awarded | 5 June 1973 |
Builder | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 22 October 1974 |
Launched | 9 April 1975 |
In service | 24 June 1975 |
Out of service | 27 October 2021 |
Stricken | 27 October 2021 |
Identification | MMSI number: 369970413 |
Status | Stricken |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Natick-class large harbor tug |
Displacement |
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Length | 108 ft (33 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Speed | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 12 |
Armament | None |
Pokagon (YTB-836) was a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug [1] named for Chief Leopold Pokagon of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Pokagon is the third US Navy ship to bear the name.
The contract for Pokagon was awarded 5 June 1973. She was laid down on 22 October 1974 at Marinette, Wisconsin, by Marinette Marine and launched 9 April 1975. Pokagon was the last ship of the Natick-class to be built.
Pokagon had served Naval Station Mare Island,[ citation needed] Vallejo, California, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Naval Station Everett, Washington. On 27 October 2021 the Pokogon was stricken and removed from service. As of 2023 the Pokogon is up for sale.