Natchitoches (YTB-799)

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Natchitoches (YTB-799)
Natchitoches (YTB-799).jpg
Natchitoches (YTB-799) heads across Charleston harbor with reporters and cameramen aboard.
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
Ordered2 May 1968
BuilderSouthern Shipbuilding Corp, Slidell, Louisiana
Laid down24 June 1968
Launched9 January 1969
Acquired22 May 1969
Stricken13 October 1995
Identification
FateTransferred to the US Army, Corps Of Engineers, 28 December 1995, renamed D. L. Billmaier
General characteristics
Class and type Natick-class large harbor tug
Displacement
  • 283 long tons (288 t) (light)
  • 356 long tons (362 t) (full)
Length109 ft (33 m)
Beam31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft14 ft (4.3 m)
Speed12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement12
ArmamentNone

Natchitoches (YTB-799) was a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug named for Natchitoches, Louisiana. [1]

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Construction

The contract for Natchitoches was awarded 2 May 1968. She was laid down on 24 June 1968 at Slidell, Louisiana, by Southern Shipbuilding Corp and launched 9 January 1969.

Billmaier with the crane barge H. J. Schwartz in Two Harbors, Minnesota Tugboat Billmaier.jpg
Billmaier with the crane barge H. J. Schwartz in Two Harbors, Minnesota

Operational history

Placed in service 29 May 1969, Natchitoches assigned to Boston. She served in Boston, Naval Station Puget Sound, Everett, Washington, and 6th Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina until her retirement in 1995.

Stricken from the Navy List 13 October 1995, she was transferred to the United States Army Corps of Engineers 28 December 1995. Ex-Natchitoches was renamed D. L. Billmaier.

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References

  1. ↑ "Natchitoches (YTB-799)" . Retrieved November 6, 2011.


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