USS Patapsco (AT-10)

USS Patapsco at Portsmouth Navy Yard, 25 July 1909.
History
Union Navy JackUnited States Navy
NameUSS Patapsco (Fleet Tug No. 10)
NamesakeThe Patapsco River in Maryland
BuilderPortsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine
Laid down15 April 1907
Launched29 June 1908
Commissioned27 July 1909
Decommissioned16 January 1925
ReclassifiedFleet tug, AT-10, 17 July 1920
FateSold to Boston Iron & Metal Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 18 June 1936 for scrapping. Scrapping completed by 1941.
General characteristics
(as U.S. Navy vessel)
TypeTug
Tonnage521 GRT
Displacement755 tons
Length157 ft (48 m)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draft15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
PropulsionTwo triple-expansion steam engines, 2 shafts. 1,160 HP
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement51
Armamenttwo 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.