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One of the NATICK - class large harbor tugs, the PALATKA was the first ship in the Navy named after the city in Florida and the Seminole Indian word meaning “spilled.” Stricken from the Navy list on April 4, 1995, the tug was sold on July 16, 2001.
|General Characteristics:||Awarded: May 2, 1968|
|Keel laid: November 29, 1968|
|Launched: August 19, 1969|
|Delivered: November 25, 1969|
|Stricken: April 4, 1995|
|Builder: Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, La.|
|Propulsion system: one diesel propulsion engine, 2000 HP|
|Length: 109 feet (33.2 meters)|
|Beam: 29 feet (8.8 meters)|
|Draft: 13 feet (3.95 meters)|
|Displacement: approx. 356 tons|
|Speed: 12 knots|
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard PALATKA. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.