USS Nahoke

History
United States
Name	USS Nahoke
Builder	Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, New York
Laid down	4 December 1944
Launched	27 March 1945
Commissioned	11 August 1945
Reclassified	YTM–536, February 1962
Status	Unknown
Notes	Was still active in 1970
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	237 long tons (241 t)
Length	100 ft (30 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	8

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.”

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.

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

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