USS Tekesta (AT-93) was Navajo-class fleet tug built during World War II for the United States Navy.

Shortly after being built, it was crewed by trained Navy personnel and sent into the Pacific Ocean to provide tug service to damaged ships in battle areas.

She was laid down at Portland, Oregon, on 7 September 1942 by the Commercial Iron Works; launched on 20 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. P. S. Treiber; and commissioned on 16 August 1943.

The ocean tug operated on the west coast until mid-December and departed from San Francisco, California, on the 15th, bound for Hawaii.

Tekesta reached Kwajalein Atoll on 1 February and remained in the Marshalls-Gilberts area for the next two months, retracting beached and broached landing craft, laying marker buoys, assisting fueling operations, and performing other salvage and towing operations necessary in the aftermath of the occupation of the Marshall Islands.

She remained in the Marianas until late July, towing pontoon bridges to the beaches, retracting landing craft, and assisting in repairs and salvage operations.

Following four days turnaround time there, the tug made a round-trip voyage to Guam, returning to Eniwetok on 14 August.

She remained at the atoll until the second week in September doing extensive salvage work with grounded craft and towing barges.

After trials and salvage operations there, the tug got underway on 26 October, with Barite (IX-161) and YF-625 in tow, and proceeded via Eniwetok to Ulithi where she delivered her charges on 3 December.

On 10 June, the tug rushed to the aid of William D. Porter (DD-579), but only arrived in time to watch helplessly as the destroyer rolled over and slipped beneath the sea.

After stops at Samar, Guam, Kwajalein, and Pearl Harbor, Tekesta entered port at San Francisco, California, on 12 November.

For the following seven months, she was engaged in normal towing and salvage operations along the U.S. West Coast, ranging from San Francisco as far south as the Panama Canal.

After stopovers at Bremerton and Seattle, Washington, she arrived at Kodiak, Alaska, for a year of duty in the Aleutians area.

On 28 June 1948, Tekesta returned to San Francisco and resumed operations along the California coast until early November.

Operating from her base at Long Beach, California, Tekesta made four voyages to the Panama Canal Zone between July 1949 and April 1950.