Houma (YTB-811)
USS Houma (YTB-811) assists USS Talbot (DEG-4) into her berth at Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, 14 June 1984.
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History | |
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Name | USS Houma (YTB-811) |
Builder | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI |
Laid down | 1 December 1970 |
Launched | 8 May 1971 |
In service | 23 September 1971 |
Stricken | 9 November 1999 |
Fate | Sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 6 March 2003, to Marine Tug LLC, Falmouth, ME. for $138,000 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Natick-class tugboat |
Displacement | 283 long tons (288 t) |
Length | 109 ft (33 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 12 |
Armament | None |
USS Houma (YTB-811) was a Natick class tugboat serving in Naval Base Roosevelt Roads, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Houma served this district from 1971 until 1999, when she was struck and sold to a private concern.
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