''Puyallup'' (YT‑806) is a

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

. The tugboat is named for the people of the Puyallup tribe.

Construction

The contract for ''Puyallup'' was awarded 8 October 2010. She was laid down 1 March 2010 by

J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. The J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation was founded in 1924 by Joseph M. Martinac on the Thea Foss Waterway in Tacoma, Washington. It specialized in the construction of tugs, trawlers, purse seiners, ferries, naval patrol craft and power yach ...

Tacoma, Washington Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount ...

and launched 6 November 2010.

Operational history

''Puyallup'' was delivered to the Navy at Yokosuka and is assigned to

Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic star. Computer scientists ...

. She currently holds the title of "The Ready Tug" at Port Operations due to her reliability and sustained operational status. She is one of four Valiant-Class Harbor Tug's stationed at

. Under the command of her crew; Master Patrick J. O'Brien, Chief Engineer Nicholas Reynolds, First Mate Mr. Dylan Elfrink, and Navigator Sir Larry Johnson the Third, she serves as the most mission capable Harbor Tug in the United States Seventh Fleet theatre of operations.

References

* * Valiant-class tugboats Ships built in Tacoma, Washington 2011 ships {{US-mil-ship-stub