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Tugboat of the United States Navy
Natchitoches
(YTB-799)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Natchitoches_%28YTB-799%29.jpg/300px-Natchitoches_%28YTB-799%29.jpg) Natchitoches
(YTB-799) heads across Charleston harbor with reporters and cameramen aboard.
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History
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United States
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Ordered
| 2 May 1968
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Builder
| Southern Shipbuilding Corp,
Slidell, Louisiana
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Laid down
| 24 June 1968
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Launched
| 9 January 1969
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Acquired
| 22 May 1969
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Stricken
| 13 October 1995
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Identification
| |
Fate
| Transferred to the US Army, Corps Of Engineers, 28 December 1995, renamed
D. L. Billmaier
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General characteristics
|
Class and type
| Natick
-class
large harbor tug
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Displacement
|
- 283 long tons (288 t) (light)
- 356 long tons (362 t) (full)
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Length
| 109 ft (33 m)
|
Beam
| 31 ft (9.4 m)
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Draft
| 14 ft (4.3 m)
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Speed
| 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
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Complement
| 12
|
Armament
| None
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Natchitoches
(YTB-799)
was a
United States Navy
Natick
-class
large harbor tug
named for
Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Construction
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The contract for
Natchitoches
was awarded 2 May 1968. She was
laid down
on 24 June 1968 at
Slidell, Louisiana
, by Southern Shipbuilding Corp and
launched
9 January 1969.
Operational history
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Placed in service 29 May 1969,
Natchitoches
assigned to
Boston
. She served in Boston,
Naval Station Puget Sound
,
Everett, Washington
, and
6th Naval District
at
Charleston, South Carolina
until her retirement in 1995.
Stricken from the
Navy List
13 October 1995, she was transferred to the
United States Army Corps of Engineers
28 December 1995. Ex-
Natchitoches
was renamed
D. L. Billmaier
.
Billmaier
with the crane barge
H. J. Schwartz
in
Two Harbors, Minnesota
References
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External links
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- Photo gallery
of
Natchitoches
(YTB-799) at NavSource Naval History