Geschichte
This tug was built in 1945 by Southern Shipbuilding Corp. in Slidell, LA.
Historische Notizen
George Schneider (Email to Nauticapedia 07/12/2021) stated "In all my time there I’d never looked at the Richmond waterfront just beyond us, where the Kaiser graving docks remain, and in there, found the two YTB’s that had been given to the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, then were later auctioned off. BLACKHAWK (TD 69) is the former Navy TUSCUMBIA (YTB 762), while BLACK KITE (TD 610) is the former PUSHMATAHA (YTB 830). "
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1945-1995 she was owned by the United States Navy. (She lay in reserve for a decade and one-half and was not placed in service until December 1961.
She then served at San Diego, California, attached to the 11th Naval District, until shifted to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to operate in the 14th Naval District providing the necessary tug and tow services to support the U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1963 to and into 1978.) (At some point, Atoll Institute was in negotiation with MARAD to acquire ex-Tuscumbia for conversion to R/V Perl.)
Namensbedeutung
Named for the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, which had been named for a Cherokee chief.
Referenzen
- George Schneider (Email to Nauticapedia 07/12/2021)
- en.wikipedia.org ↗ (website viewed 09/01/2022)
- www.history.navy.mil ↗ (website viewed 09/01/2022)
