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Panameta (YTB-402)

1945-1977

(YTB-402: displacement 345 (full load); length 100'0"; beam 26'0"; draft 10'0" speed 12.0 knots, complement 12; class Sassaba)

Panameta (YTB-402) was laid down on 22 September 1944 at Jackonville, Florida, by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co.; launched on 27 February 1945; christened by Mrs. Vera W. Lombard and placed in service on 8 June 1945.

Assigned to the Seventeenth Naval District, Panameta, redesignated as a medium harbor tug, YTM-402, in February 1962,  served continuously in that district and provided services for the ships of the Pacific Fleet operating in Aleutian and Alaskan waters until taken out of service. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, Panameta was disposed-of, by Navy Sale, on 1 July 1977.

Acquired by an Adak, Alaska, resident, the tug was renamed Cindy Lee, then Cindy. Western Towboat, Seattle, Wash., purchased the ship, gave her a rebuild, with two diesels, then renamed her Ocean Mariner. Salmon Tug & Barge Lines, also based at Seattle, subsequently acquired her, rechristening her as Caleb. The versatile craft was acquired in succession by Brain Farcy of Ward Cove, Alaska, then Jasper Danielson, of San Mateo, Calif., the latter early in the 21st Century.

Updated, Robert J. Crtessman

14 February 2024

Published: Wed Feb 14 15:53:31 EST 2024