USS Wabaquasset (YTB-724) was a tugboat that may have been operated by the United States Navy in 1945.
Wabaquasset was laid down as the large steel-hulled, metal arc-welded harbor tug Port Hudson under a Maritime Commission (MC) contract as MC hull 440 on 31 December 1941, at Slidell, Louisiana, by the Canulette Shipbuilding Company, Inc.
Port Hudson was launched on 17 June 1942, sponsored by Miss Jean Canulette, and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 26 April 1943.
One source indicates that while the WSA owned the ship, the Navy operated her, but this statement is not supported by the sketchy records.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.