USS Maquinna

USS Maquinna (YTB-225) was launched 30 April 1944 by John Trumpy & Sons, Inc., Gloucester City, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret O. Trumpy; reclassified YTB‑225 15 May 1944; and commissioned 19 September 1944.

Maquinna served the duration of the war within the Potomac River Naval Command. Struck from the Navy list 29 October 1946, she was presented as a gift to Washington, D.C., where for 13 years she saw service with the Fire Department as William T. Belt.