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Kalispell (YTB-784)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Uniform - Charlie

NFUC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (8) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Natick Class District Harbor Tug:

Laid down, 14 September 1965, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.

Launched, 13 December 1965

Completed, 23 November 1965

Delivered to the US Navy, 3 May 1966, and placed in service as Kalispell (YTB-784) in the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA.

Reassigned to Vietnam, date unknown

During the Vietnam War Kalispell was assigned Task Force 117, the Mobile Riverine Force and participated in the following campaigns:

Vietnam War Campaigns

Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates

Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
10 June 1967 to 29 January 1968 Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969 Tet Counteroffensive
30 January to 1 April 1968 Tet 69/Counteroffensive
23 February to 8 June 1969 Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
2 April to 30 June 1968 Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
9 June to 31 October 1969 Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
1 July to 1 November 1968 Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970

Reassigned to Naval Base Subic Bay Republic of the Philippines in January 1970

Reassigned to Naval Support Activity Diego Garcia, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 16 February 2002

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 May 2005

Kalispell (YTB-784) earned eight campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 283 t.(lt) 356 t.(fl)
Length 109'
Beam 31'
Draft 14'
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 12
Armament unknown
Propulsion diesel, single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Kalispell	72k	Kalispell (YTB-784) moored outboard of another YTB [probably Winnemucca (YTB-785)] alongside *APL-26* on the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam, circa May to September 1969	Earl (Buddy) Wilson, BMC USN, USCG Ret
Kalispell	14k	Kalispell (YTB-784) towing *APL-26* on the My Tho River, South Vietnam, date unknown.	Earl (Buddy) Wilson, BMC USN, USCG Ret
Kalispell	193k	Kalispell (YTB-784) pushes against the bow of the aircraft carrier *USS Ranger* (CV-61)** as she guides the carrier into her berth. DVIC photo # DN-ST-89-10551 by PH1 Morris D.P. Flynn, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Bill Gonyo

Kalispell (YTB-784)
DANFS history entry located at the US Navy History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Brownwater Navy
Mobile Riverine Force Association

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