Manhattan (YTB-779)

Manhattan (YTB-779)
	; USS Ottumwa (YTB-761) and Manhattan (YTB-779) assist in the docking of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN-726) at Delta Pier, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington.
Ordered:	31 January 1964
Builder:	Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down:	1 October 1964
Launched:	15 July 1965
Acquired:	1 December 1965
Reclassified:	Yard tug, YT-800, 7 October 2008
Struck:	1 October 2004
Reinstated:	7 October 2008
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Natick-class large harbor tug
Displacement:	283 long tons (288 t) (lt); 356 long tons (362 t) (full);
Length:	109 ft (33 m)
Beam:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	2 x Caterpillar 3516B diesel engines; Twin z-drive, 2008;
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	12

For other ships of the same name, see USS Manhattan.

Manhattan (YTB‑779/YT-800) is a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug named for Manhattan, New York.^[1]

Construction[]

The contract for Manhattan was awarded 31 January 1964. She was laid down on 1 October 1964 at Marinette, Wisconsin, by Marinette Marine and launched 15 July 1965.

Operational history[]

Assigned to the Pacific Fleet, Manhattan transited the Panama Canal and steamed to Hawaii for duty in the US Naval Shipyard at Pearl Harbor.

Manhattan served in Viet Nam between November 1966 and September 1968.

After Viet Nam, Manhattan was assigned to Naval Submarine Base Bangor.

Stricken from the Navy Directory 1 October 2004, Manhattan was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 23 August 2005, to Grant Westmoreland, LMW Investments Inc. for $151,888.

Ex-Manhattan was repowered and converted to twin z-drive^[2] and reacquired by the US Navy, 7 October 2008 and was designated as USS Manhattan yard tug YT-800.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Awards[]

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Manhattan received seven service stars during the Vietnam War for these campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III September 1967 to 29 January 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969
Tet Counteroffensive 30 January to 1 April 1968	Tet 69/Counteroffensive 23 February to 8 June 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 2 April to 30 June 1968	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 June to August 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 July to 1 November 1968

Notes[]

↑ The NVR notes that Manhattan was reacquired by the Navy and designated YT-800 without a name. Other evidence shows that Manhattan has recovered her name and, but not the YTB hull classification, at least her old hull number.^[3]

References[]

↑ "Manhattan (YTB-779)". http://www.navysite.de/ytb/ytb779.htm.
↑ Gauvin, Brian (7 June 2010). "New Navy tractors steal the show from traditional YTBs". http://www.professionalmariner.com/June-July-2010/New-Navy-tractors-steal-the-show-from-traditional-YTBs/.
↑ "Really Random Tugs". 19 July 2010. http://tugster.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/really-random-tugs/.

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External links[]

Photo gallery of {{{2}}} at NavSource Naval History
"Manhatten (6504296)". ABS Record. American Bureau of Shipping. http://www.eagle.org/safenet/record/record_vesseldetailsprinparticular?Classno=6504296&Accesstype=PUBLIC&ReferrerApplication=PUBLIC. Retrieved 2013-08-24. – name misspelled at ABS

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[4] The NVR notes that Manhattan was reacquired by the Navy and designated YT-800 without a name. Other evidence shows that Manhattan has recovered her name and, but not the YTB hull classification, at least her old hull number.^[3]

[1] "Manhattan (YTB-779)". http://www.navysite.de/ytb/ytb779.htm.

[2] Gauvin, Brian (7 June 2010). "New Navy tractors steal the show from traditional YTBs". http://www.professionalmariner.com/June-July-2010/New-Navy-tractors-steal-the-show-from-traditional-YTBs/.

[3] "Really Random Tugs". 19 July 2010. http://tugster.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/really-random-tugs/.

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Career (United States)
USS Ottumwa (YTB-761) and Manhattan (YTB-779) assist in the docking of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN-726) at Delta Pier, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington.
Ordered:	31 January 1964
Builder:	Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down:	1 October 1964
Launched:	15 July 1965
Acquired:	1 December 1965
Reclassified:	Yard tug, YT-800, 7 October 2008
Struck:	1 October 2004
Reinstated:	7 October 2008
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Natick-class large harbor tug
Displacement:	283 long tons (288 t) (lt) 356 long tons (362 t) (full)
Length:	109 ft (33 m)
Beam:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	2 x Caterpillar 3516B diesel engines Twin z-drive, 2008
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	12