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{{short description|Tugboat of the United States Navy}}

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|Ship namesake=[[Wanamassa, New Jersey]]
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|Ship awarded=9 August 1971
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|Ship laid down=28 October 1972
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|Ship class={{sclass|Natick|large harbor tug}}
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'''''Wanamassa'' (YTB-820)''' is a [[United States Navy]] {{sclass|Natick|large harbor tug}} named for [[Wanamassa, New Jersey]].<ref>
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.navysite.de/ytb/ytb820.htm
|title=''Wanamassa'' (YTB-820)
|access-date=2011-12-03
}}</ref>

==Construction==

The contract for ''Wanamassa'' was awarded 9 August 1971. She was [[keel laying|laid down]] on 28 October 1972 at [[Marinette, Wisconsin]], by [[Marinette Marine]] and [[launch (ship)|launched]] 4 May 1973.

==Operational history==
{{stack|[[File:USS Wanamassa (YTB 820) in Guantanamo Bay, 2014 04 01 -a.jpg|thumb|''Wanamassa'', moored at Pier Tango, Guantanamo, on 1 April 2015, when she was one of the last five tugs of her class to remain in service]]}}

Delivered to the U.S. Navy on 28 July 1973, ''Wanamassa'' was initially assigned to the [[10th Naval District]] and operated out of [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]], aiding ships in berthing and docking maneuvers and standing ready to provide waterfront fire protection.

In the latter half of the 1970s, she was transferred to the [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]], in [[Cuba]]. She remained in active service at Guantanamo as late as April 2015.<ref name=TheWireVolume17Issue24>
{{cite news
|url=/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/The_Wire_Issue24v17.pdf#page=6
| title       = The tugboats of Guantanamo
|work=[[The Wire (JTF-GTMO)|The Wire]]
| author      = Daryl T. Madrid
| date        = 1 April 2015
| page        = 6
| location    = [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]]
| access-date  = 2015-04-13
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160808233757/https:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/The_Wire_Issue24v17.pdf#page=6
| archivedate = 2016-08-08
}}
</ref>
The three Natick class tugs at Guantanamo remain among the last five to remain in service.

==References==
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*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/enwiki/w/wanamassa.html}}
*{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YTB820}}|}}

==External links==
* {{navsource|14/09820}}

{{Commons category}}

{{Marinette Marine|state=autocollapse}}
{{Natick class tug}}

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[[Category:Natick-class large harbor tugs]]
[[Category:Ships built by Marinette Marine]]
[[Category:1973 ships]]
[[Category:Tugs of the United States Navy]]


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