Kittanning (YTB-787)
1966-2013
A town in Armstrong County in western Pennsylvania located on the Allegheny River 37 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. In Iroquois dialects the word, kittanning, means "on the great stream."
(YTB-787: displacement 356 (full) ; length 109'0" (overall); beam 31'0" (extreme); draft 14'0: (maximum navigational); speed 12.0 knots; complement 12; class Natick)
Kittanning (YTB-787) was laid down on 22 December 1965, three days before Christmas, at Marinette, Wisconsin, by the Marinette Maine Corp. ; and launched on 29 March 1966. She was delivered to the Navy on 19 May 1966.
The new large harbor tug was placed in service in the Pacific Fleet 27 October 1966; and in 1967 operated out of Yokosuka, Japan, assisting ships of the U.S. and Allied navies in the Far East.
Ul;timately stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 May 2013, she was disposed-of, by Navy Sale, on 29 July 2015.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
13 March 2023
