JUNALUSKA YTM 176

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Allaquippa Class District Harbor Tug Built 1940 as GULFPORT Launched 1941 Purchased by U.S. Navy June 4 1941, from General Motors Corp. USS JUNALUSKA YT-176 Commissioned as Yard Tug (YT) October 23 1941 USS JUNALUSKA YTB-176 Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large, (YTB) May 15 1944 JUNALUSKA YTB-176 Decommissioned September 30 1947, and placed In Service JUNALUSKA YTM-176 Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium, (YTM) February 1 1962 Placed Out of Service (date unknown) Struck from Naval Register (date unknown) DEE SANDERS (Commercial Service) Sold July 1 1981 to Seabulk Towing and renamed CANAVERAL (Commercial Service) Later renamed (date unknown) F. W. KNOWLES (Commercial Service) Sold 2009 to Mar-K Towing and renamed

Naval Covers

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1. YTB-176 Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

Postmarks

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Junaluska, Chief of the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, led his warriors in support of General Andrew Jackson during the Creek Indian War of 1813. For this service Junaluska was granted United States citizenship.

 

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