USS Cheraw (YTB-802) was a United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

  large district harbor tug

Tug

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 named for Cheraw, South Carolina

Cheraw, South Carolina

Cheraw is a town on the Pee Dee River in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,524 at the 2000 census and center of an urban cluster with a total population of 9,069. It has been nicknamed "The Prettiest Town in Dixie." The harbor tub USS Cheraw was named in the...

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Construction and commissioning

The contract for Cheraw was awarded 2 May 1968. She was laid down down on 12 March 1969 at Slidell, Louisiana

Slidell, Louisiana

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, by Southern Shipbuilding Corp and launched 20 September 1969.

Operational history

Cheraw was delivered to the Navy on 29 January 1970.

Stricken from the Navy List

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 29 February 1996, ex-Cheraw (YTB-802) was transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers

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29 December 1996 at Buffalo, New York and renamed Cheraw.