&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_Advance_(YT-28).jpg) USS Advance (YT-28) In dry dock, probably after World War I.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Advance |
| Builder | M. M. Davis Solomons Island, Maryland |
| Laid down | 1912 |
| Launched | 1912 |
| Acquired | 27 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 27 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 7 June 1933 |
| Stricken | 12 December 1933 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Fate | Sold, 14 June 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 167 GRT |
| Length | 107 ft 6 in (32.77 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 8 in (6.91 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 5 in (3.48 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | 14 |
USS Advance (YT-28) was an Advance-class tugboat acquired by the United States Navy for the task of patrolling American coastal waters during the First World War.
In June or July 1918, the fourth vessel to be named Advance (Id. No. 3057) by the Navy—a tug built in 1912 at Solomons Island, Maryland, by M. M. Davis—was acquired by the Navy from A. J. Taylor & Bros., Washington, D.C., and was placed in commission on 27 July 1918.