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| | USS Pocahontas III |
 | | cl. Niawatha; T. The third Pocahontas was laid down, under Maritime Commission contract, as Port Blakeley (MC hull 433) by Birchfield Boiler Ine., Tacoma, Wash., 27 October 1941, Iaunched 2 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. |
 | | Alvin Davies, designated for Navy use and renamed Pocahontas (YT-266), 4 July 1942; delivered to the Maritime Commission and transferred to the Navy 31 December 1942, and placed in service, in the 11th Nava~ District, 16 March 1943. |
 | | Pocahontas, redesignated YTB-266, 15 May 1944, served the 11th Naval District, headquartered at San Diego, until after World War II. |
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