- Construction
- Operational history
- References
- External links
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= Natchitoches (YTB-799).jpg | Ship caption=Natchitoches (YTB-799) heads across Charleston harbor with reporters and cameramen aboard.
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | 1995}} | Ship name= | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered=2 May 1968 | Ship builder= Southern Shipbuilding Corp, Slidell, Louisiana | Ship laid down=24 June 1968 | Ship launched= 9 January 1969 | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=22 May 1969 | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck=13 October 1995 | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship homeport= | 366999402}} | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= Transferred to the US Army, Corps Of Engineers, 28 December 1995, renamed D. L. Billmaier | 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=
}} | Natchitoches (YTB-799) was a United States Navy {{sclass-|Natick|large harbor tug}} named for Natchitoches, Louisiana.[1]ConstructionThe contract for Natchitoches was awarded 2 May 1968. She was laid down on 24 June 1968 at Slidell, Louisiana, by Southern Shipbuilding Corp and launched 9 January 1969. Operational historyPlaced in service 29 May 1969, Natchitoches assigned to Boston. She served in Boston, Naval Station Puget Sound, Everett, Washington, and 6th Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina until her retirement in 1995. Stricken from the Navy List 13 October 1995, she was transferred to the United States Army Corps of Engineers 28 December 1995. Ex-Natchitoches was renamed D. L. Billmaier. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navysite.de/ytb/ytb799.htm|title=Natchitoches (YTB-799)|accessdate=November 6, 2011}}
- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/natchitoches.html}}
- {{NVR|{{NVR SC url|id=YTB799}}|}}
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