USS Hiawatha (YT-265)

Red Cloud (YTB-268), a type V2-ME-A1, same as Hiawatha, alongside David C. Shanks, outside the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California, 1950s
History
United States
NamePort Angeles
NamesakePort Angeles
OwnerMaritime Commission
Orderedas type (V2-ME-A1) hull, MCE hull 432
Awarded23 August 1941
BuilderBirchfield Boiler, Inc., Tacoma, Washington
Cost$301,042
Yard number1
Laid down27 October 1941
Launched3 April 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Violet Davies
FateTransferred to the US Navy, 30 April 1942
United States
NameHiawatha
NamesakeHiawatha
OwnerUS Navy
Acquired30 April 1942
Reclassified
  • From harbor tug (YT-265) to large harbor tug (YTB-265) 15 May 1944
  • To medium harbor tug (YTM-265) February 1962
Identification
FateSold for scrapping, 7 April 1987
General characteristics
Class & typeHiawatha-class tugboat
TypeHarbor tug
Displacement237 long tons (241 t)
Length100 ft (30 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Installed power
PropulsionSingle propeller
Speed16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Crew14
Armament2 × 0.50 in (12.70 mm) heavy machine guns

USS Hiawatha (YT-265), later YTB-265, later YTM-265, was a type V2-ME-A1 harbor tug that entered service in the United States Navy in 1942, and was sold in 1987. She was the third ship to bear the name Hiawatha.