Waxahachie at left
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Waxahachie, Texas |
Awarded | 22 June 1970 |
Builder | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 1 April 1971 |
Launched | 9 September 1971 |
Acquired | 2 January 1972 |
Decommissioned | 2006 |
Reclassified | IX-545 |
Stricken | 27 September 2011 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Natick-class large harbor tug |
Displacement |
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Length | 109 ft (33 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | One diesel propulsion engine, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 12 |
Armament | None |
Waxahachie (YTB-814), sometimes misspelled Waxahatchie, was a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug named for Waxahachie, Texas.[1]