For the remainder of her active career, Wahtah remained attached to the Washington Navy Yard performing local tugging and towing operations, providing waterfront fire protection, and other related services. She was reclassified as a large harbor tug and redesignated YTB-140 on 15 May 1944.
Struck from the Navy List on 15 October 1974, she was soon sold.
wahtah, later, united, states, navy, harbor, commission, from, 1939, 1946, historyunited, statesnamenamesake, wahtah, native, american, word, shipbuildernorfolk, navy, yard, portsmouth, virginialaid, down28, august, 1939launched14, december, 1939reclassifiedla. USS Wahtah YT 140 later YTB 140 was a United States Navy harbor tug in commission from 1939 to 1946 HistoryUnited StatesNameUSS WahtahNamesake Wahtah a Native American word for shipBuilderNorfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth VirginiaLaid down28 August 1939Launched14 December 1939ReclassifiedLarge harbor tug YTB 140 on 15 May 1944Stricken15 October 1974IdentificationIMO number 8434398FateSold soon after being struckGeneral characteristicsClass and typeWoban class harbor tugDisplacement300 tonsLength100 ft 9 in 30 71 m Beam27 ft 10 in 8 48 m Draft9 ft 7 in 2 92 m Propulsion1000hp diesel electric two Enterprise enginesWahtah was laid down on 28 August 1939 at Portsmouth Virginia by the Norfolk Navy Yard She was launched on 14 December 1939 sponsored by Miss Marie Yvonne Thornton and soon thereafter was placed in service at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington D C For the remainder of her active career Wahtah remained attached to the Washington Navy Yard performing local tugging and towing operations providing waterfront fire protection and other related services She was reclassified as a large harbor tug and redesignated YTB 140 on 15 May 1944 Struck from the Navy List on 15 October 1974 she was soon sold References EditThis article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships External links EditPhoto gallery at navsource org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Wahtah amp oldid 1149818609, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
