- Construction
- Operational history
- References
- External links
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2013}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= Kalispell (YTB-784).jpg | Ship caption=Kalispell (YTB-784) pushes against the bow of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) as she guides the carrier into her berth.
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | 1995}} | Ship name= | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered=14 January 1965 | Ship builder= Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin | Ship laid down=14 September 1965 | Ship launched=13 December 1965 | Ship completed=23 November 1965 | Ship acquired=4 May 1966 | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck=16 February 2002 | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate=Scrapped, 9 May 2005 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Natick|large harbor tug}} | Ship type= | 283|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (light)- {{convert|356|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (full)
| 109|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 31|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 14|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion= | 12|kn|mph km/h}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=12 | Ship armament=None | Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | Kalispell (TTB-784) was a United States Navy {{sclass-|Natick|large harbor tug}} named for Kalispell, Montana.[1]ConstructionThe contract for Kalispell was awarded 14 January 1965. She was laid down on 14 September 1965 at Marinette, Wisconsin, by Marinette Marine and launched 13 December 1965. Operational historyPlaced in service 3 May 1966, Kalispell served in the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia until the Vietnam war when she was reassigned to Task Force 117, the Mobile Riverine Force and participated in many campaigns. After the war she served in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines and Diego Garcia before being scrapped in 2005. She earned eight campaign stars for Vietnam War service. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navysite.de/ytb/ytb784.htm|title=Kalispell (YTB-784)|accessdate=29 October 2011}}
- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/k/kalispell.html}}
- {{NVR|{{NVR SC url|id=YTB784}}|}}
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Kalispell (YTB-784)
External links{{Commons category|USS Kalispell (YTB-784)}}{{Natick class tug}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalispell (YTB-784)}}{{US-mil-ship-stub}} 3 : Natick-class large harbor tugs|Ships built in Wisconsin|1965 ships |