Mishawaka (YTB-764)

Mishawaka (YTB‑764) was a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug named for Mishawaka, Indiana.^[1]

Mishawaka (YTB-764)

Mishawaka (rear left) and three other Natick-class tugs guide USS Ohio (SSGN-726) out of dry dock at Delta Pier, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Bangor, Washington.
History
United States
Laid down	1 February 1962
Launched	3 January 1963
Completed	19 April 1963
In service	April 1963
Stricken	28 October 2002
Identification	IMO number: 9094119
Status	Awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class & type	Natick-class large harbor tug
Displacement	283 long tons (288 t) (light) 356 long tons (362 t) (full)
Length	109 ft (33 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	diesel, single screw
Speed	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	12

Construction

She was laid down on 1 February 1962 at Slidell, Louisiana, by Southern Shipbuilding Corporation and launched 3 January 1963.

Operational history

She reported for duty in the 11th Naval District, headquartered at San Diego, in April 1963, where she remained into the 1980s.

Stricken from the Navy Directory 28 October 2002, ex-Mishawaka was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to JE Ventures LP, Nederland, Texas, for commercial service. Renamed Alois.^[2] In 2008, Alois was reported abandoned in Harlingen, Netherlands.^[3] At Harlingen, Alois was seized by court order and auctioned off by the International Transport Workers' Federation, for €400,000. In 2010 the ship was towed from Rotterdam to Port Arthur, TX, where she was berthed, awaiting sale by the bank.^{[citation needed]}