USS Ozette (YTB-541)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Ozette.

USS Ozette (YTB-541), later YTM-541, was a United States Navy harbor tug commissioned in 1945 and in service until ca. 1974.

History
United States
Name	USS Ozette
Namesake	Ozette Lake and a Makah Indian reservation in Washington
Builder	Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York
Laid down	20 February 1945
Launched	14 May 1945
Commissioned	31 October 1945
Reclassified	From large harbor tug (YTB-541) to medium harbor tug (YTM-541), February 1962
Fate	Transferred 1 February 1974
General characteristics
Type	Harbor tug
Displacement	310 tons
Length	101 ft (31 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Speed	12 knots

Ozette was laid down by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York, on 20 February 1945 and launched on 14 May 1945. She was commissioned as large harbor tub USS Ozette (YTB-541) on 31 October 1945.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District at Boston, Massachusetts, Ozette provided harbor services there until 1949, when she was reassigned to the Advanced Bases, Atlantic, an area of operation that kept her busy until 1958 when she returned to Boston.

Ozette was reclassified as a medium harbor tug and redesignated YTM–541 in February 1962.

Ozette continued to operate at Boston into at least 1970.

[1970-1974]

According to the Naval Vessel Register, Ozette's Navy career ended when she was "disposed of by transfer to other Government Agencies, States. Schools, Sea Scouts, etc." on 1 February 1974, and her "custodian" thereafter is listed as "schools, organizations, and private enterprises," but further information on the specifics of her transfer are lacking.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.