USS Nabigwon

History
United States
Name	USS Nabigwon
Builder	Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida
Laid down	28 February 1945
Launched	1 June 1945
Commissioned	22 October 1945
Reclassified	YTM-521, February 1962
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 28 July 1987
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	237 long tons (241 t)
Length	100 ft (30 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	8

USS Nabigwon (YTB-521/YTM-521) was a Hisada-class harbor tug in the service of the United States Navy. The name "Nabigwon" is taken from a Native American language, meaning "ship".

Nabigwon was assigned advanced base duty in the Pacific. In addition to towing and berthing services, she provided harbor fire protection and was utilized as an inner harbor patrol craft. Redesignated YTM in February 1962, Nabigwon remained active as a medium harbor tug at Pearl Harbor into the 1970s.

Nabigwon was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping on 28 July 1987.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery at navsource.org