History | |
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United States | |
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) |
USS Pawnee (YT-21) was a yard tug in the United States Navy.
Pawnee was built in 1896 by Rodermund & Co. at Tomkins Cove, New York, as the steam lighter John Dwight. The U.S. Navy purchased her on 6 May 1898 from George T. Moon and commissioned her the same day as USS Pawnee.
Pawnee was assigned to the 3rd Naval District and operated as a harbor tug at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, throughout her career. On 9 April 1910 she had a minor collision with the steamer Bloomsburg ( United States) off the New York Navy Yard, resulting in no damage to either vessel. [1]
Pawnee decommissioned on 24 March 1922. She was sold on 25 July 1922 to Seabury & DeZafra, Inc., of New York City.
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