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.
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