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The [[USS]] '''Barboncito''' (YTB-495) was laid down on October 19, 1944 at Brooklyn, [[New York]], by Ira S. Bushey & Sons; launched on February 21, 1945; delivered to the Navy and placed in service at the New York [[Navy]] Yard on July 2, 1945.

The [[USS]] '''Barboncito''' (YTB-495) is a boat that was laid down on October 19, 1944 at Brooklyn, [[New York]], by Ira S. Bushey & Sons; launched on February 21, 1945; delivered to the Navy and placed in service at the New York [[Navy]] Yard on July 2, 1945.

Barboncito departed New York on her maiden voyage on 18 July 1945, bound for Norfolk. Reaching that port on the 19th, she sailed two days later for Charleston, S.C., arriving at the Naval Frontier Base there on the 23d. Proceeding thence on the 26th, she reached Miami on the 28th. Ordered to proceed to New Orleans, Barboncito made her destination on 2 August. Shifting to Southwest Pass by the end of the month, the harbor tug made her way to the Canal Zone.

Barboncito departed New York on her maiden voyage on 18 July 1945, bound for Norfolk. Reaching that port on the 19th, she sailed two days later for Charleston, S.C., arriving at the Naval Frontier Base there on the 23d. Proceeding thence on the 26th, she reached Miami on the 28th. Ordered to proceed to New Orleans, Barboncito made her destination on 2 August. Shifting to Southwest Pass by the end of the month, the harbor tug made her way to the Canal Zone.