USS Kabout (YTB-221)

History
Name:	USS Kabout (YTB-221)
Builder:	Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC
Launched:	December 1943
Sponsored by:	Mrs. J. C. Fegan
In service:	3 July 1944
Reclassified:	reclassified YTB-221 on 15 May 1944
Struck:	1 May 1959
Fate:	sold to Ships, Inc., Norfolk, Va., 7 August 1959
General characteristics
Class & 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

Kabout was laid down as YT-221; launched December 1943 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC; sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Fegan; and reclassified YTB-221 on 15 May 1944 prior to being placed in service 3 July for duty in the 5th Naval District. She remained in operation there until 1 May 1959 when she was struck from the Navy List. She was sold to Ships, Inc., Norfolk, VA, 7 August 1959.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.