Neodesha (YTB-815)

Neodesha (YTB-815) approaches the USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial at Naval Station Pearl Harbor in December 1984.
History
United States
Awarded	22 June 1970
Builder	Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Laid down	10 May 1971
Launched	6 October 1971
Acquired	2 January 1971
Reclassified	IX-540, 3 August 2007
Stricken	28 May 2021
General characteristics
Class and type	Natick-class large harbor tug
Displacement	282 long tons (287 t) (light) 344 long tons (350 t) (full)
Length	109 ft (33 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft	14 ft (4.3 m)
Speed	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	12
Armament	None

Neodesha (YTB-815) was a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug.^[1]

Construction

The contract for Neodesha was awarded on 22 June 1970. She was laid down on 10 May 1971 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, by Peterson Builders and launched 6 October 1971.

Operational history

Neodesha served the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

On 3 August 2007 she was reclassified as an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, given the hull number IX-540. Neodesha is assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One as a non-operational training hulk. Neodesha was stricken from the naval register on 28 May 2021.