USS Patapsco at Portsmouth Navy Yard, 25 July 1909.
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History | |
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United States Navy | |
Name | USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug No. 10) |
Namesake | The Patapsco River in Maryland |
Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine |
Laid down | 15 April 1907 |
Launched | 29 June 1908 |
Commissioned | 27 July 1909 |
Decommissioned | 16 January 1925 |
Reclassified | Fleet tug, AT-10, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Sold to Boston Iron & Metal Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 18 June 1936 for scrapping. Scrapping completed by 1941. |
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy vessel) | |
Type | Tug |
Tonnage | 521 GRT |
Displacement | 755 tons |
Length | 157 ft (48 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
Propulsion | Two triple-expansion steam engines, 2 shafts. 1,160 HP |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 51 |
Armament | two 3-pounder guns |
The fifth USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug No. 10, later AT-10) was a fleet tug in commission in the United States Navy from 1909 to 1925. She served the United States Atlantic Fleet and saw service in World War I.