Nihoa
YFB-17
1941
(Saratoga Model Shipyard SMY-89)
- Class: Nihoa - 1 yard ferryboat
- Displacement: 288 tons light; 470 tons full load
- Dimensions: 145'6" x 44'
- Machinery: Atlas-Imperial Diesel, 300 bhp = 5 knots
- Complement: 5
- Builder: Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Honolulu, HI
- Keel Laid: 26 Apr 1941
- Launched: 25 Jul 1941
- Commissioned: 7 Nov 1941
- Decommissioned: Apr 1961
- Service: Allocated to the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor, Nihoa provided ferry service between NAS Ford Island and Naval Base Pearl Harbor her entire career. Present during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, she earned one battle star for her World War II service.
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