USS Wahaka (YTB-526), later YTM-526, was a yard tug placed in commission in 1947. Wahaka was laid down on 2 June 1945 at Jacksonville, Florida, by the Gibbs Gas Engine Company, Inc. and launched on 9 September 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Charles Strohmeyer, wife of Lieutenant Charles Strohmeyer, an officer who was attached to the Industrial Manager's Office, Jacksonville, Florida. She was completed on 3 December 1945. From 1961 to 1963, Wahaka was assigned to Naval Station Rota at Rota, Spain.