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USS Connewango (YTM 388)

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Name
  
Connewango

Completed
  
November 1944

Construction started
  
1944

Length
  
30 m

Laid down
  
1944

Struck
  
1986

Launched
  
29 July 1944

Weight
  
264.2 tons

Reclassified
  
Harbor Tug, Large YTB-388, 15 May 1944

Fate
  
sold to Gaelic Tugboat Co., Detroit, MI., renamed Shannon

Builder
  
Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation

Connewango was authorized as YT-388, but reclassified YTB-388 on 15 May 1944 prior to launching by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation, Morris Heights, New York, on 29 July of that year. Completed in November, she was assigned to the 3rd Naval District where she performed patrol and towing duties. In 1946 she was transferred to the 6th Naval District where she continued until being struck in 1986.

References

USS Connewango (YTM-388) Wikipedia