Y-143  

Country:  Spain

Builder: Missouri Vallysteel Inc., Leavenworth, U.S.A.

Commission date: 27 December 1961.

Decommission date: 08 February 2007.

Displacement ( tons ): 132,8.

Dimensions ( metres ): 21,33 x 5,79 x 2,3

Main machinery: 1 x diesel ( 600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 9.

Military lift: gasoil: 17,26 tons.

Comment: Ex - RP-40, Ex - YRP-41 (1980). Y-143 (01.09.1986). Built in 1954. YTL type tug. Unique sample. The oldest tug in the spanish auxiliary force. Used to belong to the US Army ( not the Navy ), and was later transferred to the Spanish Navy. It had changed recently it´s original diesel engine for a similar french one.