USS Algonquin (tug)
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USS Algonquin, completed as El Toro in 1891 for the Southern Pacific Railroad's Morgan Line, was a small harbor tug commissioned by the United States Navy 2 April 1898. Renamed Accomac, after Accomac, Virginia, June 1898, renamed Nottoway in 1918 and, after the Navy adopted alphanumeric hull numbers on 17 July 1920, classified as YT-18, a district tug. On 5 October 1942 the name was cancelled and the tug was simply YT-18 until 1944 when classification was changed to YTL-18, a little harbor tug.[2] Over the years as a Navy tug, from 1898 to 1946, the tug served from Cuba to Boston.
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USS Algonquin (1898–1946) At the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, circa April 1898. Note 6mm Colt Machinegun and 13-star boat flag aft, and horse cart on pier | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | A native American people that inhabited the Ottawa River valley |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia |
Launched | 1891 |
Acquired | by purchase, 26 March 1898 |
Commissioned | 2 April 1898, as USS Algonquin |
Out of service | 3 April 1946 |
Reclassified | YT-18, 17 July 1920 |
Stricken | 17 April 1946 |
Fate | Sold, 15 October 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tugboat |
Tonnage | 130.16 GRT[1] |
Displacement | 187 long tons (190 t)[2] |
Length | 90 ft (27 m)[1] |
Beam | 19 ft (5.8 m)[1] |
Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m)[2] |
Depth | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)[1] |
Propulsion | Quadruple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 12 |
Armament | 1 × 6-pounder (2.7 kg) gun |
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