Name USS Quileute In service 16 October 1945 Launched 14 May 1945 Displacement 281,200 kg | Laid down 17 February 1945 Construction started 17 February 1945 Length 31 m | |
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Namesake The Quileute, a Native American people from western Washington Reclassified From large harbor tug (YTB-540) to medium harbor tug (YTM-540) in February 1962 Fate Sold for scrapping 1 March 1974 Builder Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation | ||
USS Quileute (YTB–540), later YTM-540, was a United States Navy harbor tug in service from 1945 to ca. 1974.
Quileute was laid down 17 February 1945 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation at Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York, and launched on 14 May 1945. She was placed in service on 16 October 1945 with the 3rd Naval District at New York City as the large harbor tug USS Quileute (YTB-540).
Quileute began active duty for the 1st Naval District at Boston, Massachusetts, in March 1946. In February 1962, she was reclassified as a medium harbor tug and redesignated YTM–540. She remained active with the 1st Naval District into at least 1970.
[1970-1974]Quileute was sold for scrapping on 1 March 1974.
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