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Anoka (YTB-810)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - November - Hotel

NHNH

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Natick Class District Harbor Tug. Large:

Laid down, 5 October 1970, at Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Launched, 15 April 1971

Delivered, 31 August 1971 and placed in service as Anoka (YTB-810)

Allocated the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA.

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 13 March 2001

Final Disposition, disposed of, sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 20 November 2001, to McAllister Towing, renamed Missy McAllister

Specifications:
Displacement 282 t.(lt) 344 t. (fl)
Length 109'
Beam 29'
Draft 14'
Speed unknown
Complement 12
Armament none
Propulsion Diesel, single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Anoka	26k	Anoka (YTB-810) underway near her builders yard at Sturgeon Bay, WI., circa August 1971. Photo, Paul Smith, Courtesy Peterson Builders.	Tommy Trampp
Anoka	199k	Anoka (YTB-810) moored at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va., date unknown. In the background is *YO-113* and *USS Nashville* (LPD-13)** US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.	Stan Svec
Anoka	41k	Anoka (YTB-810) underway in Hampton Roads, circa 1974.	Photo by Terrence Wright USCGC Ingham
Anoka	85k	Anoka (YTB-810) underway in Hampton Roads, date unknown. US Navy photo.	Birk I Thomas, Administrator, Tugboatinformation.com
Anoka	70k	Anoka (YTB-810) underway in Hampton Roads, date unknown. US Navy photo.	Birk I Thomas, Administrator, Tugboatinformation.com
Commercial Service
Anoka	58k	Ex-Anoka (YTB-810) underway as the McAllister Towing tug *Missy McAllister*, date and location unknown.	Birk I Thomas, Administrator, Tugboatinformation.com

Anoka (YTB-810)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval 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

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