Luckenbach No. 4 about 1917
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History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | 1917: Nahant, Massachusetts |
Owner |
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Port of registry | 1913: Philadelphia |
Builder | John H Dialogue, Camden, NJ |
Completed | 1913 |
Acquired | by the Navy, 1 December 1917 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1917 as USS Nahant (SP 1250) |
Decommissioned | 1920 |
In service | 1920 (loaned to the City of New York) |
Out of service | 1928 (returned to the Navy) |
Stricken | 27 September 1928 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold 1928. Scrapped 1962. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tugboat |
Tonnage | 405 GRT, 275 NRT |
Length | 134.7 ft (41.1 m) |
Beam | 26.0 ft (7.9 m) |
Depth | 15.5 ft (4.7 m) |
Propulsion | triple expansion engine |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
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USS Nahant (SP-1250) was a civilian tugboat that the United States Navy acquired in World War I. She was a tugboat in New York Harbor. After the war she was loaned to the City of New York until 1928, when she was disposed of by the Navy.