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USS Wailaki (YTB 706)

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Name
  
USS Wailaki

Class and type
  
Hisada-class tug

Laid down
  
Never

Length
  
31 m

Namesake
  
The Wailaki, one of the Native American groups making up the Eel River Athapaskans that traditionally lived on or near the Eel River of northwestern California

Builder
  
Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, California (planned)

Notes
  
Construction contract cancelled 29 August 1945

USS Wailaki (YTB-706) was a large yard tug proposed for the United States Navy that was not built.

Wailaki was a Hisada-class large yard tug slated to be built at Terminal Island, San Pedro, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Company, but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 August 1945.

References

USS Wailaki (YTB-706) Wikipedia