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Colorado Point - (1947- ? )
No photograph available, Any one ??
Laid down (date unknown) as the tug R. K. Evans at Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works,
Port Arthur, TX., General Motors Corp., Cleveland, OH.
Completed, April 1941
Acquired by the US Navy, 9 June 1941, renamed Wapello (YN-56)
Placed in service 9 June 1941
Reclassified YNt-24, 7 April 1942
Placed out of service, 23 October 1946, at Bremerton, WA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 21 November 1946
Turned over to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 3 May 1947
Sold in May 1947 for commercial service, renamed Anna Coppedge
Sold 1947 renamed Colorado Point
Sold 1947 renamed Creole Firme
Sold (date unknown) renamed Island No.1 reflagged Panamanian
Final Disposition, fate unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement 184 ton
Length 102' 2"
Beam 24' 0"
Draft 9' 6"
Additional Information :
Wapello (YN-56)
R. K. Evans was completed in April 1941 at Port Arthur, Tex., by the Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, for the General
Motors Corp., of Cleveland, Ohio. Acquired by the Navy for service as a net tender, renamed Wapello, and designated
YN-56, the ship was placed in service on 9 June 1941. Six days later, the ship arrived at the naval station at
Key West, Fla., for conversion and fitting-out.
On 26 June, Wapello set sail for Cuba, in company with Umpqua (AT-25), and arrived at Guantanamo Bay three days
later. Escorted by Vega (AK-17) from Guantanamo Bay to San Diego and by Ramapo (AO-12) from the west coast to
the Hawaiian Islands, Wapello arrived at Pearl Harbor on 27 August.
While attached to the 14th Naval District, the ship tended harbor nets through the Japanese attack on 7 December and
the remainder of the crucial year, 1941 She remained at Pearl Harbor for the duration of hostilities, engaged in unglamorous
but vital tasks. The ship was reclassified YNT-24 on 7 April 1942, With the end of the war in the Pacific, the need for the
ship's services decreased rapidly, and Wapello was declared surplus. Placed out of service at Bremerton, Wash., on
23 October 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 21 November 1946, the ship was turned over to the War
Shipping Administration for disposal on 3 May 1947.