USS Waxahachie (YTB-814)

USS Waxahachie (YTB-814)


USS Waxahachie (YTB-814)

The USS Waxahachie, at left
Career
Namesake: Waxahachie, Texas
Awarded: 22 June 1970
Builder: Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down: 1 April 1971
Launched: 9 September 1971
Acquired: 2 January 1972
Decommissioned: 2006
Reclassified: IX-545
Struck: 27 September 2011
General characteristics
Class & type: Natick-class Large District Harbor Tug
Displacement: 283 long tons (288 t) (light)
356 long tons (362 t) (full)
Length: 109 ft (33 m)
Beam: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: One diesel propulsion engine, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 12
Armament: None

USS Waxahachie (YTB-814), sometimes misspelled Waxahatchie, was a United States Navy Natick-class large district harbor tug named for Waxahachie, Texas.

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