Gina

This vessel was originally assigned to the Naval Weapons Station (NWS), in Concord, California in August 1974. After the closure of NWS, this vessel was assigned to Naval Station Bremerton, in Bremerton, Washington in the mid to late nineties. This vessel was stricken from the Navy List 27 September 27, 2011. George Schneider (Email to Nauticapedia 01/10/2022) states "GINA (1247922), formerly CATAHECASSA (YTB 828). This vessel is owned by Basic Towing of Escanaba MI, but with the death of Papa Kobasic a few years ago, the company is streamlining and it's unlikely this tug will return to the Lakes, where this vessel was built in 1974. "