Laid down 1 February 1962 In service April 1963 Status Awaiting sale (2010) Launched 3 January 1963 | Completed 19 April 1963 Struck 28 October 2002 Construction started 1 February 1962 Length 33 m | |
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Class and type Natick-class large harbor tug | ||
Mishawaka (YTB‑764) was a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug named for Mishawaka, Indiana.
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Construction
She was laid down on 1 February 1962 at Slidell, Louisiana, by Southern Shipbuilding Corporation and launched 3 January 1963.
Operational history
She reported for duty in the 11th Naval District, headquartered at San Diego, in April 1963, where she remained into the 1980s.
Stricken from the Navy List 28 October 2002, ex-Mishawaka was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to JE Ventures LP, Nederland, Texas, for commercial service. Renamed Alois. In 2008, Alois was reported abandoned in Harlingen, Netherlands. At Harlingen, Alois was seized by court order and auctioned off by the International Transport Workers' Federation, for €400,000. In 2010 the ship was towed from Rotterdam to Port Arthur, TX, where she was berthed, awaiting sale by the bank.