USS Maquinna (YTB-225)

History
Name: USS Maquinna (YTB-225)
Builder: John Trumpy & Sons, Inc., Gloucester City, NJ
Launched: 30 April 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. Margaret O. Trumpy
Commissioned: 19 September 1944
Reclassified: YTB‑225 15 May 1944
Struck: 29 October 1946
Fate: presented as a gift to Washington, D.C.
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

USS Maquinna (YTB-225) was launched 30 April 1944 by John Trumpy & Sons, Inc., Gloucester City, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret O. Trumpy; reclassified YTB‑225 15 May 1944; and commissioned 19 September 1944, Lt. David Weinig in command.

Maquinna served the duration of the war within the Potomac River Naval Command. Struck from the Navy list 29 October 1946, she was presented as a gift to Washington, D.C., where for 13 years she saw service with the Fire Department as William T. Belt.

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