USS Watseka (YT-387)
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| Purchased: | 1943 |
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| Redesignated: | 15 May 1944, YTB-387 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 01 May 1974 |
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| Length: | 100 ft |
| Beam: | 25 ft |
| Draught: | 10 ft |
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USS Watseka (YT-387) was a Medium Harbor Tug, of the YTM-192 class in the United States Navy during World War II. She is one of the Naval vessels named for a woman. Watseka was a Potawatomi woman.
Watseka was purchased in 1943 from Ira S. Bushey and Sons, of Brooklyn, New York, and assigned to the 8th Naval District, New Orleans, Louisiana. On May 15, 1944, her designation was changed to YTB-387.
Placed in reserve, out of service, and berthed with the Columbia River, Oregon, Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet from March 1946, she was subsequently sold on July 1, 1972.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.