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}}{{Infobox Ship Career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1945}} | Kabout|YTB-221}} | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC | Ship original cost= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=December 1943 | Ship sponsor=Mrs. J. C. Fegan | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= 3 July 1944 | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= reclassified YTB-221 on 15 May 1944 | Ship refit= | Ship struck= 1 May 1959 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= sold to Ships, Inc., Norfolk, Va., 7 August 1959 | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox Ship Characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Cahto-class district harbor tug | 410|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | 110|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} | 27|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} | 11|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | 12|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship complement= 12 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=2 × .50-caliber machine guns | Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | Kabout was laid down as YT-221; launched December 1943 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC; sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Fegan; and reclassified YTB-221 on 15 May 1944 prior to being placed in service 3 July for duty in the 5th Naval District. She remained in operation there until 1 May 1959 when she was struck from the Navy List. She was sold to Ships, Inc., Norfolk, VA, 7 August 1959. References - {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k1/kabout.htm}}
{{Cahto class tug}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kabout (YTB-221)}} 3 : Tugs of the United States Navy|1944 ships|Ships built in North Carolina |