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US Navy · Tugs & Tenders

Iona YT-107

(YT-107: 1. 56'; b. 10'3"; dr. 5'8")

The first Iona (YT-107), a wooden tug, was captured from the Spanish at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines, in 1898. She was taken over by the Navy and utilized as a yard tug at Cavite for many years. The old tug was lost 2 January 1942 in a Japanese raid on the Navy Yard.

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