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US Navy · Tugs & Tenders

Panameta YTB-402

(YTB-402; dD. 345 (f.); 1. 100'; b. 26', dr. 10'; s. 12 k., cpl. 12; cl. Sassaba)

Panameta (YTB-402) was laid down 22 September 1944 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Fla., Iaunched 27 February 1945; christened by Mrs. Vera W. Lombard and placed in servioe 8 Junc 1945. Assigned to the 17th Naval District, the harbor tug Panameta, redesignated YTM-402 in February 1962, has continuously served, into 1970, that district and the ships of the Pacific Fleet operating in Aleutian and Alaskan waters.

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