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  • Navy Signs Hoga Donation Contract (Surplus WWII Tug)

    07/29/2005 7:15:48 PM PDT · by SandRat · 7 replies · 372+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | July 29, 2005 | unattributed
    Dionel Aviles, under secretary of the Navy, signed a donation contract July 28 officially transferring the historic, World War II harbor tug Hoga (YTB 146) to the city of North Little Rock, Ark., for the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. The city plans to transport the vessel from the Maritime Administration’s National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Suisun Bay, Calif., to a display site in North Little Rock, on the Arkansas River. Secretary of the Navy Gordon England said, “This historic vessel serves as a testament to the unrelenting courage and fierce determination exhibited by Hoga's crew during the attack on Pearl...