USCGC Raritan

For other ships with the same name, see USS Raritan.

History
United States
NameUSCGC Raritan
NamesakeA branch of the Delaware Indian tribe first found near what today is Youngstown, Ohio.[1]
OwnerU.S. Coast Guard
BuilderDefoe Boat Works, Bay City, Michigan[2]
CostUS$309,000[2]
Launched23 March 1939
Commissioned11 April 1939
Decommissioned14 May 1988
FateScrapped
General characteristics [2]
Type110 foot tug
Displacement328 tons (1945)
Length110 ft (34 m)
Beam26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
Draft12 ft (3.7 m) (1945)
Installed power
  • 1 × Westinghouse electric motor with 2 x Westinghouse generators
  • powered by 2 x 8-567A GM diesels, 1,000 SHP[1]
Propulsionsingle screw
Speed11.2 knots (20.75 km/h)
Complement
  • 2 warrant officers, 14 enlisted (1945),
  • 1 warrant, 19 enlisted (1961)[3]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • SO-8 (1945)
  • SPN-11 (1961)[3]
Armament1 x 20mm/80 gun (1945)

USCGC Raritan (WYT-93/WYTM-93) was a United States Coast Guard 110 ft (34 m) harbor tug that was in service from 1939 to 1988. She served on the Greenland Patrol during World War II and after the war on the Great Lakes. From 1980 until decommissioning she was homeported at Governors Island.

  1. ^ a b "Raritan, 1939"' Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
  2. ^ a b c Scheina (1982), pp 71–72
  3. ^ a b Schiena (1990), pp 112–113