USS Pocahontas (YT-266)

Red Cloud (YTB-268), a type V2-ME-A1, same as Pocahontas, alongside David C. Shanks, outside the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California, 1950s
History
United States
Name	Port Blakely
Namesake	Port Blakely
Owner	Maritime Commission
Ordered	as type (V2-ME-A1) hull, MCE hull 433[1]
Awarded	23 August 1941
Builder	Birchfield Boiler, Inc., Tacoma, Washington
Cost	$301,042[1]
Yard number	1
Laid down	27 October 1941
Launched	1 May 1942
Status	Transferred to the US Navy, 31 December 1942
United States
Name	Pocahontas
Namesake	Pocahontas
Owner	US Navy
Acquired	31 December 1942
Reclassified	From harbor tug (YT-266) to large harbor tug (YTB-266) 15 May 1944 To medium harbor tug (YTM-266) February 1962
Identification	Hull symbol: YT-266 YTB-266 (15 May 1944) YTM-266 (February 1962) Callsign: NYIO
Fate	Scrapped, 25 February 2019
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Hiawatha-class tugboat
Type	Harbor tug
Displacement	237 long tons (241 t)
Length	100 ft (30 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Installed power	Enterprise DMQ-8 Diesel engine 700 shp (520 kW)
Propulsion	Single propeller
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Crew	14
Armament	2 × 0.50 in (12.70 mm) heavy machine guns

USS Pocahontas (YT/YTB/YTM-266), was a type V2-ME-A1 harbor tug that entered service in the United States Navy in 1943, and was sold in 1976. She was the third ship to bear the name Pocahontas.