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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1950}} | Ship name=USS Namequa | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= Calumet Shipyard and Dry Dock Co., Chicago, Illinois | Ship laid down=early 1942 | Ship launched= 22 May 1942, as Port Elizabeth | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 17 February 1943 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= June 1950 | Ship renamed=Namequa (YT–331), 29 September 1942 | Ship reclassified= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship notes=
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}} | USS Namequa (YT-331/YTB-331) was built as Port Elizabeth (MC Hull 444), was laid down in early 1942, under a Maritime Commission contract as a type V2-ME-A1, by Calumet Shipyard and Dry Dock Co., Chicago, Illinois. Launched on 22 May 1942, sponsored by Mrs. James F. Rogan; she was renamed Namequa and classified as YT–331 on 29 September. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy on 15 October and placed in service on 17 February 1943.[1]The name "Namequa" comes from the only daughter of Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk and Fox tribes during the Black Hawk War (1831–1832). Service historyAllocated to the 1st Naval District and based at Boston, she provided fire-fighting, tug, and salvage services to naval vessels and installations in that district throughout her seven-year career. Reclassified YTB–331 on 15 May 1944, her active service was continuous, except for a period in reserve from March to October 1946. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in June 1950. See also- Sotoyomo-class fleet tug
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References1. ^shipbuildinghistory.com, V-Type Tugs
- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n1/namequa.htm}}
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