Name USS Mecosta In service 20 January 1945 Launched 28 October 1944 Weight 264.2 tons | Laid down 13 September 1944 Construction started 13 September 1944 Length 30 m | |
Namesake Mecosta,a 19th century Potawatomi chief. Reclassified Reclassified YTM-391 1 February 1962 Fate Sold to commercial interests 1 July 1981 Builder Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation | ||
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.
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