Wahpeton (YTM-527)

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Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameWahpeton
NamesakeThe Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, a branch of the Dakota or Sioux.
Builder Gibbs Gas Engine Company, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida
Laid down23 June 1945
Launched29 September 1945
Sponsored byMrs. Emery H. Price
Completed2 January 1946
In serviceAugust 1946
ReclassifiedMedium harbor tug (YTM-527) in February 1962
Stricken31 December 1985
NotesOne of two U.S. Navy tugs named Wahpeton in service between 1968 and 1974, the other being Wahpeton (YTB-757)
General characteristics
Class and type Sassaba-class yard tug
Displacement
  • 238 tons
  • 310 tons (full)
Length101 ft 0 in (30.78 m)
Beam28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
Draft11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
PropulsionDiesel-Electric, single propeller. Two E568 Detroit Diesel generators powered a single 500Hp electric motor.
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement10

The first Wahpeton (YTB-527), later YTM-527, was a harbor tug in commission from 1946 through at least 1981.

Wahpeton was laid down on 23 June 1945 at Jacksonville, Florida, by the Gibbs Gas Engine Company, Inc. She was launched on 29 September 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Emery H. Price, the wife of Congressman Emery H. Price, a member of the U.S. House Naval Affairs Committee, and was completed on 2 January 1946.

Listed as "out of service" with the Texas group of the National Defense Reserve Fleet as of March 1946, Wahpeton was activated in August 1946. She was assigned to the 6th Naval District and placed in service at Charleston, South Carolina, soon thereafter. She was reclassified as a medium harbor tug and redesignated YTM-527 in February 1962.

From 1968 until 1974, she was one of two U.S. Navy tugs in service as Wahpeton, the other being tug Wahpeton (YTM-757).

Wahpeton was stricken from the Navy List on 31 December 1985.

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