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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 148. Not illustrated. Chapters: Uss Tuscumbia, Uss Washtucna, Uss Piqua, Uss Natick, Uss Skenandoa, Uss Wathena, Uss Redwing, Uss Apalachicola, Uss Wanamassa, Uss Wapato, Uss Weehawken, Uss Accomac, Uss Winnemucca, Uss Agawam, Uss Manhattan, Uss Palatka, Uss Ahoskie, Uss Manistee, Uss Saugus, Uss Antigo, Uss Niantic, Uss Kittanning, Uss Waxahachie, Uss Mandan, Uss Tonkawa, Uss Anoka, Uss Kalispell, Uss Nogalesen, Uss Campti, Uss Natchitoches, Uss Opelika, Uss Saco, Uss Ottumwa, Uss Tomahawk, Uss Arcata, Uss Menominee, Uss Neodesha, Uss Wenatchee, Uss Keokuk, Uss Nashua, Uss Santaquin, Uss Marinette, Uss Nanticoke, Uss Houma, Uss Tuskegee, Uss Massapequa, Uss Pushmataha, Uss Ketchikan, Uss Metacom, Uss Eufaula, Uss Mascoutah, Uss Wauwatosa, Uss Tontogany, Uss Tamaqua, Uss Dekanawida, Uss Mishawaka, Uss Petalesharo, Uss Muskegon, Uss Apopka, Uss Pokagon, Uss Negwagon, Uss Chetek, Uss Poughkeepsie, Uss Okmulgee, Uss Dahlonega, Uss Ocala, Uss Canonchet, Uss Menasha. Excerpt: USS Tuscumbia (YTB-762) was a Natick-class district harbor tug large acquired in 1961. She served in the Pacific Ocean, initially at San Diego, California, then at Pearl Harbor where she provided services to the fleet from Guam to Hawaii. There is no record of her decommissioning, and it is possible she is no longer in service. The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Tuscumbia (YTB-762) was laid down in September 1945, at Portland, Oregon, by the Commercial Iron Works; launched in November 1945, and completed in January 1946. Records of her subsequent career are scarce but the ship apparently lay in reserve for a decade and one-half and was not placed in service until December 1961. She then served at San Diego, California, attached to the 11th Naval District, until shifted to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to operate in the 14th Naval District providing the necessary...
