USS Nokomis (YT-142)

USS Nokomis, one of the tugs assisting USS Fulton (AS-11) to enter Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Midway.
History
United States
NameUSS Nokomis
NamesakeGrandmother and nurse of Hiawatha
BuilderPuget Sound Navy Yard, Washington
Laid downdate unknown
Launched29 November 1939
CompletedMarch 1940
CommissionedMarch 1940
Decommissionedc. 1973
ReclassifiedYTB-142 in May 1944 and YTM-142 in February 1962
StrickenMay 1973
HomeportPearl Harbor, Hawaii
Honors &
awards
one battle star for World War II service
FateSold, 1 September 1974; scrapped 2010
General characteristics
Class & typeWoban-class
TypeDistrict Harbor Tug
Displacement218 tons
Length100 ft 10 in (30.73 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Propulsion1000hp diesel-electric, two Enterprise engines
Speed12 knots
Complement8 crew members
Armamentnot known

USS Nokomis (YT-142/YTB-142/YTM-142) was a Woban-class harbor tug built in Bremerton, Wash, and assigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1940. Nokomis was present during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.