U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX YCK YF YFD YHB YMS YO YR YT YTB
16)YTB 192 PESSACUS
Photo www.navsource.org by Darryl Baker. The picture shows one similar tug boat, in this case YT 182 Mawkaw.
Specifications:
Dp. 260’
Length 101'
Beam 28'
Draft 11'
Speed 12 knots
Complement 10
Pessacus (YTB-192), a large harbor tug, was laid down 26 January 1942 by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Ine., Brooklyn, N.Y.; launched 17 April; completed 30 July; and placed in service 11 August at the New York Navv Yard.
Assigned duties with Commander, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, Pessacus operated as a tug at Norfolk, Va.; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Reykjavik, Iceland; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Julianahaab, Greenland; and Recife, Brazil.
