USS Nahoke (YTB-536/YTM-536) was a Hisada-class tugboat built during World War II. The Nahoke gets its name from a Navajo word meaning “the land in distinction to water.”

History
United States
NameUSS Nahoke
BuilderConsolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, New York
Laid down4 December 1944
Launched27 March 1945
Commissioned11 August 1945
ReclassifiedYTM–536, February 1962
StatusUnknown
NotesWas still active in 1970
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Displacement237 long tons (241 t)
Length100 ft (30 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement8

The Nahoke was laid down by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, New York. She was assigned to the 15th Naval District, operated in the Panama Canal Zone until transferred to the 5th Naval District. She was headquartered at Norfolk, in the spring of 1961. In February 1962, the Nahoke was redesignated YTM–536, and continued, into 1970, to provide vital tug services to naval vessels and commands in the Chesapeake Bay area.

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  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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