USS Pawnee (YT-21)
USS Pawnee (YT-21) was a yard tug in the United States Navy.
| History | |
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| Name: | USS Pawnee |
| Builder: | Rodermund & Co., Tomkins Cove, New York |
| Launched: | 1896, as John Dwight |
| Acquired: | by purchase, 6 May 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 6 May 1898 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 March 1922 |
| Fate: | Sold, 25 July 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Tugboat |
| Displacement: | 275 long tons (279 t) |
| Length: | 122 ft (37 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft: | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Pawnee was built in 1896 by Rodermund & Co., Tomkins Cove, New York, as the steam lighter John Dwight; purchased by the Navy on 6 May 1898 from George T. Moon, and commissioned the same day.
She was assigned to the 3rd Naval District and operated as a harbor tug at the New York Navy Yard until she decommissioned on 24 March 1922. Pawnee was sold on 25 July 1922 to Seabury & DeZafra, Inc., New York City.
On 9 April 1910 she had a minor collision with Bloomsburg (.svg.png.webp){kind=small}
United States) off the New York Navy Yard, no damage to either vessel.[1]
References
- "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general". Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery at navsource.org
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