USS Nahant (SP-1250)

Luckenbach No. 4 about 1917
History
United States
Name
  • 1913: Thomas J. Scully
  • Luckenbach No. 4
  • 1917: USS Nahant
  • 1920: Service No. 3
  • John F. Harlan
  • Gotham
  • W. E. Hunt
  • Good Fortune
Namesake1917: Nahant, Massachusetts
Owner
  • 1913: Scully Towing & Transportation Line
  • EF Luckenbach
  • 1913: United States Navy
  • 1928: Joseph O'Boyle
Port of registry1913: Philadelphia
BuilderJohn H Dialogue, Camden, NJ
Completed1913
Acquiredby the Navy, 1 December 1917
Commissioned12 December 1917 as USS Nahant (SP 1250)
Decommissioned1920
In service1920 (loaned to the City of New York)
Out of service1928 (returned to the Navy)
Stricken27 September 1928
Identification
FateSold 1928. Scrapped 1962.
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Tonnage405 GRT, 275 NRT
Length134.7 ft (41.1 m)
Beam26.0 ft (7.9 m)
Depth15.5 ft (4.7 m)
Propulsiontriple expansion engine
Speed13 knots (24 km/h)
Armament
  • One 3-inch gun
  • Two machine guns

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.