USS Pawtucket (YT-7)

USS Pawtucket
Pawtucket in 1899
History
United States
NameUSS Pawtucket
Ordered3 March 1897
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard, California
Laid down22 July 1898
Launched17 November 1898
Commissioned1 January 1899
Decommissioned13 December 1946
Reclassified
  • YT-7, 17 July 1920
  • YTM-7, 15 May 1944
HomeportPuget Sound Navy Yard
FateSold and scrapped, 1947
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Displacement225 long tons (229 t)
Length92 ft 6 in (28.19 m)
Beam21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Draft8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
PropulsionSteam, single screw
Speed12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph)
Complement
  • 9 (orig.)
  • 16 (World War II)
Armament

USS Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7/YT-7/YTM-7), was a district harbor tug serving in the United States Navy in the early 20th century, during both World War I and World War II. This was the first of two US Navy namesakes of the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the Native American tribe bearing the same name.