USS Kasota
Appearance
![]() USS Kasota (YTB-222) coming along an unidentified ship at Norfolk, VA.
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History | |
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Name | USS Kasota (YTB-222) |
Builder | Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC |
Launched | 20 January 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Norma Crawley |
In service | 4 September 1944 |
Reclassified | Large District Harbor Tug YTB-227, 15 May 1944 |
Stricken | 1 May 1961 |
Fate | unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cahto-class district harbor tug |
Displacement | 410 long tons (417 t) |
Length | 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m) |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 12 |
Armament | 2 × .50-caliber machine guns |
Kasota was laid down as YT-222; launched 20 January 1944 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, N.C.; sponsored by Miss Norma Crawley; and reclassified YTB-222 15 May 1944 prior to being placed in service 4 September for duty in the 5th Naval District. Kasota operated out of Norfolk as a district and service craft until 1 May 1961 when she was struck from the Navy List.
References
[edit]This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Kasota (YTB-222)