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 | |
| Name | USS Nokomis |
| Namesake | Grandmother and nurse of Hiawatha |
| Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 29 November 1939 |
| Completed | March 1940 |
| Commissioned | March 1940 |
| Decommissioned | c. 1973 |
| Reclassified | YTB-142 in May 1944 and YTM-142 in February 1962 |
| Stricken | May 1973 |
| Homeport | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Honors & awards | one battle star for World War II service |
| Fate | Sold, 1 September 1974; scrapped 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Woban-class |
| Type | District Harbor Tug |
| Displacement | 218 tons |
| Length | 100 ft 10 in (30.73 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) |
| Propulsion | 1000hp diesel-electric, two Enterprise engines |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 8 crew members |
| Armament | not 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.