Waubansee (YTB-366)
1944-1983
A chief of the Potawatomi Native American tribe.
(YTB-366: displacement 345 (full load); length 100'0"; beam 25'0"; draft 9'7" (full load); speed. 12.0 knots; complement 14; class Sassaba)
Waubansee (YT-366) was laid down on 24 April 1944 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.; reclassified as a big harbor tug, YTB-366, on 15 May 1944; launched on 10 June 1944; and completed and placed in service at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., on 11 October 1944.
After initial service at the Boston [Mass.] Navy Yard, Waubansee was reassigned to the Portsmouth [N.H.] Naval Shipyard on 30 April 1953. Reclassified as a medium harbor tug and redesignated YTM-366 in February 1962, Waubansee operated in the First Naval District, providing tug and tow services, as well as pilot assistance, into the late 1970’s. Taken out of service and placed in reserve in August 1977, the medium harbor tug was berthed at Portsmouth, Va.
Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 April 1983, the veteran tug was donated by the U.S. Government to the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College and renamed Domer.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
18 September 2020
