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{{Short description|1960 harbor tugboat class}}

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| Ship image = USS Wanamassa (YTB-820).jpg
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Natick'' class
| Builders = 
| Operators = * {{navy|United States}}
* {{navy|Egypt}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Pontiac|tugboat|4}}
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| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 1960-1974
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| In commission range = 
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 77
| Total ships completed = 77
| Total ships cancelled = 
| Total ships active = 5
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 72
| Total ships preserved = 
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| Ship type = [[Tugboat]]
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|283|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (light)
*{{convert|356|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (full)
| Ship length = {{convert|109|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|31|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|14|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = 
| Ship speed = {{convert|12|kn|mph km/h}}
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| Ship complement = 12
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The '''''Natick'' class''' is a [[Ship class|class]] of harbor [[tugboat]]s that have been active since the 1960s. Members of the class are named for [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] peoples and their members,<ref name="Polmar">
{{cite book
|title =The Naval Institute Guide To The Ships And Aircraft Of The U.S. Fleet
|last=Polmar
|first=Norman
|publisher=Naval Institute Press
|location= Annapolis, Maryland
|year=2005
|isbn=1591146852
|page=344
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MwyTX-iA2wC&pg=PA344
|access-date=2012-04-14
}}</ref> {{USS|Redwing|YTB-783|6}} excepted. {{As of|2015|4|1}}, five<ref name=TheWireVolume17Issue24/> to eight ''Natick''-class tugs remain in active service. Members of this class were designed under project [[Ship Characteristics Board|SCB 147A]].<ref name="Polmar" />

==In active service==
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|+In active service
!Ship name
!Hull no.
!class="unsortable" |Reference
|-
|{{hs|Dekanawida}}{{USS|Dekanawida|YTB-831|2}}
|{{hs|YTB-0831}}YTB-831
|<ref name=TheWireVolume17Issue24/><ref>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YTB831}} |title=Dekanawida (YTB 831) |website=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |access-date=2015-03-15}}</ref>
|-
|{{hs|Manhattan}}{{ship||Manhattan|YTB-779|2}}
|{{hs|YTB-0836}}{{plainlist|
*YTB-779
*YT-800}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YTB779}} |title=Manhattan (YTB 779) |website=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |access-date=2016-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YT800}} |title=No name (YT 800) |website=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |access-date=2016-12-22}}</ref>
|-
|{{hs|Santaquin}}{{USS|Santaquin|YTB-824|2}}
|{{hs|YTB-0824}}YTB-824
|<ref>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YTB824}} |title=Santaquin (YTB 824) |website=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |access-date=2015-03-15}}</ref>
|-
|{{hs|Wanamassa}}{{USS|Wanamassa|YTB-820|2}}
|{{hs|YTB-0820}}YTB-820
|<ref name=TheWireVolume17Issue24/><ref>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YTB820}} |title=Wanamassa (YTB 820) |website=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |access-date=2015-03-15}}</ref>
|-
|{{hs|Washtucna}}{{ship||Washtucna|YTB-826|2}}
|{{hs|YTB-0826}}{{plainlist|
*YTB-826
*YT-801}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YTB826}} |title=Washtucna (YTB 826) |website=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |access-date=2016-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YT801}} |title=No name (YT 801) |website=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |access-date=2016-12-22}}</ref>
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist
|refs=
<ref name=TheWireVolume17Issue24>
{{cite news
|url=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/The_Wire_Issue24v17.pdf#page=6
| title       = The tugboats of Guantanamo
|work=[[The Wire (JTF-GTMO)|The Wire]]
| author      = Daryl T. Madrid
| date        = 1 April 2015
| page        = 6
| location    = [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]]
| access-date  = 2015-04-13
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160808233757/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/The_Wire_Issue24v17.pdf#page=6
| archivedate = 2016-08-08
}}
</ref>
}}

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