USS Choctaw (1898)

History
United States
NameUSS Choctaw, later USS Wicomico
BuilderNeafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Launched1892, as C.G. Coyle
Acquiredby purchase
Commissioned19 April 1898, 15 June 1899
Decommissioned26 August 1898, 15 July 1902
In service1904
RenamedUSS Wicomico 20 February 1918
Stricken27 February 1940
Fate
  • Sank, 15 February 1940,
  • salvaged & scrapped August 1940
NotesNamed C.G. Coyle prior to U.S. Navy service
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Displacement152 t (150 long tons)
Length91 ft 5 in (27.86 m)
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsionsteam, single screw
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament

The second USS Choctaw was a yard tug in the United States Navy from the Spanish–American War to World War II. She was renamed USS Wicomico in 1918.