Wovoka YT-396

Wovoka

(YTB-396: dp. 346 (f.); 1. 100'0"; b. 25'0"; dr.
11'0"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 14; cl. Sassaba)

Wovoka (YT-396) was laid down on 10 March 1944 at Jacksonville, Fla., by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., reclassified YTB-396 on 15 May 1944, launched on 28 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth J. Martin; and delivered to the Navy on 2 March 1945.

After initial service in the 12th Naval District, San Francisco, Calif., Wovoka was inactivated and placed out of service in March of 1946. Her stay in the reserve fleet, berthed at Seattle, Wash., was a comparatively short one, for she was reactivated in September of 1950 during the fleet-wide expansion caused by the Korean War. Soon thereafter, she resumed her unsung but vital tasks as a harbor tug at San Francisco and provided tug and tow services in the 12th Naval District into the early 1970's. Reclassified a medium harbor tug, YTM-396, in February of 1962, with the advent of larger, more powerful tugs, Wovoka was ultimately placed out of service. Struck from the Navy list on 1 June 1974 she was sold in October 1974.