USS Wakonda (YTB-528)

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History
United States
NameUSS Wakonda
Namesake"Wakonda", A term used by Native Americans of the Sioux family when praying, and also applied by them to objects or phenomena regarded as sacred or mysterious
Builder, Jacksonville, Florida (planned)
Laid downNever
NotesConstruction contract cancelled October 1945
General characteristics
Class and type tug
Displacement310 tons (full)
Length101 ft 0 in (30.78 m)
Beam28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
Draft9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Speed12 knots
Complement10

USS Wakonda (YTB-528) was a large yard tug proposed for the United States Navy that was not built.

Wakonda was a large yard tug slated to be built at Jacksonville, Florida, by the , but the contract for her construction was cancelled in October 1945. The ship was never built.

References[]

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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