Nadli (YTB-534)
1945-1986
A Native American name.
(YTB-534: displacement 237; length 100'0"; beam 25'0"; draft 11'6"; speed 12 knots; complement 8: class Hisada)
Nadli (YTB-534) was laid down in 1944 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.; completed in July 1945; and assigned to the Twelfth Naval District.
Through the end of World War II, Nadli provided towing and berthing services in the San Francisco Bay area. She also assumed waterfront fire protection and inner harbor patrol duties on an on-call basis.
In March 1946, Nadli was placed in reserve, out of service, and berthed at Astoria, Oregon. She shifted berths to Green Cove Springs, Fla. in 1954 and remained there until July 1955.
Reactivated in August 1956, Nadli was assigned to the Third Naval District. She was redesignated as a medium harbor tug, YTM-534, in February 1962 and remained active in the New York area until 1967. The next year she was reassigned to the Tenth Naval District and operated in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, and out of Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads.
After being placed out of service, Nadli was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 May 1986, and ultimately sold for scrap by the General Services Administration on 28 April 1987.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
13 May 2022