&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Piscataqua_in_1899.PNG) USS Piscataqua underway in 1899.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | W. H. Brown |
| Operator | W. H. Brown & Company |
| Builder | F. W. Wheeler Company, West Bay City, Michigan |
| Completed | 1897 |
| Fate | Sold to U.S. Navy 11 May 1898 |
| Notes | Commercial tug |
| History | |
 United States Navy | |
| Name | USS Piscataqua |
| Namesake | The Piscataqua River in New England |
| Acquired | 11 May 1898 |
| Commissioned | 18 June 1898 |
| Reclassified | From "Fleet Tug No. 49" to AT-49, 17 July 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 10 April 1922 |
| Stricken | 4 August 1930 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Armed tug |
| Displacement | 854 long tons (868 t) |
| Length | 149 ft (45.4 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft 7 in (8.7 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Complement | 58 |
| Armament | 2 x 3-pounder guns |
USS Piscataqua (Fleet Tug No. 49), later USS Piscataqua (AT-49), the third United States Navy ship of the name, was an armed tug in commission from 1898 to 1922. Early in her naval career, she saw service in the Spanish–American War, and she operated in the Philippines during and after the Philippine–American War.