Alamuchee (YTB-228)
1945-1960
A Native American Indian word, possibly an alternative rendering of Alamucha, the name of a former Choctaw town in Kemper County, Miss., near the Tombigbee River.
(YTB-228: displacement 410; length.110'0"; beam 27'0"; draft 11'4"; speed 12.0 knots; complement 12; armament 2 .50-caliber machine guns; class Cahto)
Alamuchee (YTB-228) was laid down on 3 July 1944 at Camden, N.J., by the Mathis Yacht Building Co.; launched on 12 February 1945; and placed in service on 4 May 1945, CB Alva Manuel in charge.
The big harbor tug was assigned to the Eighth Naval District and spent the next 15 years operating at New Orleans, La. Stricken from the Navy List in April 1960, she was transferred to the state of Louisiana in August of that year.
Alamuchee was operated by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans as a firefighting tug until 1965. The tug was sold at public auction by the Louisiana government to Mr. George W. Whiteman on 9 August 1965.
Raymond A. Mann
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
15 September 2022
