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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

Dekaury (YT-178, later YTB-178 and YTM-178), 1943-1985.

Dekaury, a 260-ton harbor tug built at Jacksonville, Florida, was placed in service in early 1943. Initially assigned to the First Naval District, in New England, she was reclassified YTB-178 in May 1944. In 1946, she was transferred to the 12th Naval District, in the San Francisco Bay area. Laid up in 1947-50, Dekaury was returned to service at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in September 1950 and remained active into the 1980s. Reclassified YTM-178 in the 1960s, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1985.

This page features our only view of Dekaury.

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Photo #: NH 84584

USS Rochester (CA-124)


Departing the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 20 September 1953, following overhaul. She has been fitted with 3"/50 twin automatic gun mounts, replacing the 40mm guns she carried from 1946 to 1953.
Tugs Dekaury (YTB-178) --at left-- and Awatobi (YTB-264) -- alongside her starboard side, forward-- are assisting her.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 584 pixels

 

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4 August 1999