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Career
Ordered: 4 March 1969
Laid down: 23 June 1969
Launched: 14 January 1970
Commissioned:
Decommissioned: 10 October 1995
Fate: In private service, Eastport, ME
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 341 tons
Length: 109 ft (33 m)
Beam: 31 ft (9 m)
Draft: 14 ft (4 m)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 12 Enlisted
Armament:

The USS Ahoskie (YTB-804) is a Natick-class large harbor tug in the service of the United States Navy.

She was laid down on 23 June 1969 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Peterson Builders , launched on 14 January 1970, and delivered to the Navy on 7 July 1970.

The harbor tug was assigned to duty in the 6th Naval District and based at Charleston, S.C. She has spent her entire Navy career providing towing and other services to ships at Charleston, SC.

Circa 2000, In civilian service in Eastport, Maine. Wooden plaque on stack identified it as the Ahoskie.



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