Massapequa (YTB-807) breaks away from the guided-missile frigate
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) as the frigate departs Yokosuka Bay for the last time as a home-ported vessel of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, 14 August 2006.
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History | |
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United States | |
Awarded | 4 March 1969 |
Builder | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI |
Laid down | 30 October 1969 |
Launched | 27 May 1970 |
Acquired | 30 November 1970 |
In service | 27 November 1971 |
Stricken | 27 September 2011 |
Fate | Sources disagree |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Natick-class large harbor tug |
Displacement |
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Length | 109 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 |
Massapequa (YTB-807) was a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug named for Massapequa, New York. [1]
The contract for Massapequa was awarded 4 March 1969. She was laid down on 30 October 1969 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, by Peterson Builders and launched 27 May 1970.
Delivered 30 November 1970, Massapequa served at Naval Station Yokosuka, Japan.
Stricken from the Navy List 27 September 2011. Naval Vessel Register lists ex-Massapequa as 'Stricken, to be disposed of by Navy sale'. [2] Another source suggests that she sank en route to the Marshall Islands. [3]