Global InformationUSS Namontack information
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Namontack |
| Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
| Laid down | 1938, as Thomas E. Moran |
| Acquired | by purchase, 28 November 1940 |
| Commissioned | 18 March 1941, as Namontack (YN-46) |
| Decommissioned | 21 August 1946 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 30 December 1946 |
| Homeport | Little Creek, Virginia |
| Fate | Sold, 30 April 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Net tender |
| Displacement | 158 long tons (161 t) |
| Length | 94 ft 5 in (28.78 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
USS Namontack (YN-46/YNT-14/YTB-738) was built in 1938 as the Thomas E. Moran by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan, for the Moran Towing and Transportation Company, New York City. The name "Namontack" comes from a Native American sent, in 1605, by Chief Powhatan to live with English settlers in Tidewater, Virginia, and gain knowledge of their customs and language. Christopher Newport took him to England on 10 April 1608 to meet the Virginia Company's investors. Namontack remained there for three months and returned to Virginia.[1]
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