USS Mecosta (YTM-392)

History
United States
Name:	USS Mecosta
Namesake:	Mecosta,a 19th century Potawatomi chief.
Builder:	Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation, Morris Heights, New York
Laid down:	13 September 1944
Launched:	28 October 1944
In service:	20 January 1945
Reclassified:	Reclassified YTM-391 1 February 1962
Fate:	Sold to commercial interests 1 July 1981
General characteristics
Class & type:	Sassaba-class harbor tug
Displacement:	260 tons 345 tons (full)
Length:	100 ft 0 in (30.48 m)
Beam:	25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
Draft:	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) (full)
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	14

Originally contracted to be built as YT‑392 on 7 April 1941, Mecosta (YTB‑392) was laid down by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, N.Y., 13 September 1944; launched 28 October 1944: and placed in service 20 January 1945.

Mecosta was assigned to Service Squadron 1, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, for a year of towing and salvage duties from arrival off the European coast 1 March. In March 1946 she transferred to the Naval Operating Base at Bermuda for support service as a large harbor tug for the next 9 years. She was redesignated YTM‑392 on 1 February 1962. Mecosta began operations with the Atlantic Fleet, based from Norfolk, Va., in March 1965, continuing her service to the fleet into 1969.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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