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relinquished control of its ships so that they might take part in the conflict. Initially, her station remained the same, Woods Hole; but, in the winter of 1917, she shifted to more northern climes. Her winter-cruising activities then proved to be good conditioning for her duty during the latter half
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will be issued from
Washington and this vessel is not to be diverted to any other duty except by special permission from Operations ...." In this "new" capacity, the ship performed the same type of duty common to Coast Guard cutters – the removal of menaces to navigation and the assistance to ships
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and towed inside the
Delaware breakwater where the Lewes, Delaware, station crew beached it. The second was another mass of wreckage (possibly from the same vessel) in the same general area which she handled in the same manner as she had used with the first. The following November, the Coast Guard
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then took stores consigned to the
Special Antisubmarine Force at Norfolk, Va., departing New London on 20 June and reaching her destination two days later. Upon arrival, she landed her cargo which included a special "listening device" and engine spare parts for subchasers.
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thus spent the remainder of World War II operating in the 5th Naval
District, indeed as she had done throughout her career in the Navy. However, because of the construction of a new generation of powerful fleet tugs, there was no place in the postwar Navy for such veterans as
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s radio transmitters had been rendered inoperative by the collision, the destroyer's identity remained a mystery until the repairs to her transmitters enabled her to transmit distress signals within a half-hour of the collision. Upon receipt of word of
493:, in June 1911. In addition, due to her robust construction, the ship performed yearly "winter cruising" in the bitterly cold sea lanes of the North Atlantic to assist ships and mariners in distress. On 11 February 1914 she towed the lumber schooner
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Besides attempting – sometimes unsuccessfully – to stem the flow of illegal liquor into the United States, Coast Guard cutters also took part in operations clearing wrecks and derelicts from the sealanes off the coasts and in inland waterways.
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remained attached to the 5th Naval
District until June 1944, when she was temporarily assigned duties in the Panama Sea Frontier. Shortly before this change of station, the ship was reclassified an "oceangoing tug, old," and redesignated
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s Coast Guard days were numbered. Toward the middle of the 1930s, the Navy had perceived a pressing need for tugs and turned to the Coast Guard for help until new construction could fill the gap. As a result, the Coast Guard delivered
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stood by the convoy. Although the weather worsened and made progress difficult, the ships sighted the
Halifax light vessel early in the afternoon of 27 January; and, soon thereafter, they helped the crippled transport to a safe haven.
1381:– and escorted her into Boston to see that she unloaded none of her cargo of spirits, and later, to Newport, Rhode Island. At each stop, federal law enforcement officials saw to it that the craft remained fully loaded.
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was returning from the
Southern Drill Grounds during heavy weather on the evening of 13 September 1944 with target raft no. 67 in tow, when the latter drifted and damaged the tug's rudder to such an extent that
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carried out her assignment and reported that two of the four vessels in the Gut had been held up for want of coal; a third one was being repaired with 10 days estimated for completion of repairs; and the last,
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was provided with an opportunity to perform her primary function, that of aiding ships in distress, and her auxiliary function, the suppression of the bootleg liquor trade, when she went to the aid of the schooner
857:, departing the former port at 09:00 on 24 February. Bad weather forced the ship and her valuable tow to put into New York on 28 February until improved conditions permitted her to resume her voyage.
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cleared the sea lanes of two menaces to navigation. The first consisted of the wreckage of a wooden ship which she picked up some 5 miles south of the
Northeast Light vessel at the entrance to
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By this time, the weather had worsened considerably. A strong northeasterly gale, in concert with a blinding snowstorm, caused all ships to lose sight of each other in the swirling whiteness.
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1458:– converged on the scene to render assistance. Ultimately, salvage vessels hired by the Navy to perform the operation enabled the release of the Coast Guard vessels and successfully brought
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would again be involved in salvage work. On the morning of 13 January 1925, she was summoned to the entrance to Nauset harbor, on the eastern end of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where submarine
792:, investigating the report of shipwrecked mariners, had managed to close Bird Rock on 11 January and signalled two men plainly visible on shore, but had received no reply to her signals.
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and brought her safely to
Norfolk. The tug underwent repairs at Norfolk for the next two weeks and then resumed her towing duties on the Potomac River and in the Chesapeake Bay region.
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were to be assigned to the Boston
Station of the Northern District, but were to remain temporarily based on the salvage station at New London until the completion of the Boston base.
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to take on board 13 3-inch guns earmarked for installation in 110-foot (34 m) subchasers then under construction. Delivering the load of ordnance to New London soon thereafter,
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contests between Harvard and Yale – and represented the Revenue Cutter Service at such events as the International Yacht Races at Marblehead and the Cotton Centennial Carnival at
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and net experiments in nearby Niantic Bay. Tragically, on 30 July 1919, the submersible suddenly flooded and sank, drowning three of the six-man inspection team then on board.
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to await better weather. Her captain reported that so much ice had formed on the ship from the freezing of wind-whipped spray that her stability was seriously threatened.
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and secured it on 10 November 1928. Ironically, the same ships picked up the same derelict exactly one year later, on 10 November 1929, merely repeating the procedure.
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did not reappear until the afternoon of the 25th. That evening, however, the little convoy received reinforcement in its battle when the American Wrecking Company tug
989:– slated for service in North Russia – to the New York Navy Yard on 4 and 5 March for repairs and alterations to prepare them for their future distant service. Later,
1637:, to the 100-fathom (180 m) curve off the Southern Drill Grounds and dumped it on the night of 5 October 1939; she towed targets for the battle practices of the
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received orders to return to the 1st Naval District; and, on 22 September 1919, she was returned to the Treasury Department for a resumption of Coast Guard service.
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relieved the two "flushdeckers" late on 23 January, and all went well until the next morning when one mishap after another occurred to dog the salvagers' efforts.
1089:, Belgium, in January 1920 with some 500 passengers on board and a cargo valued at over $ 2,500,000. As she drifted at the mercy of the North Atlantic gales,
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before being ordered to the Boston Navy Yard late in October for repairs and alternations. While there, the armistice was signed in France, ending hostilities.
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to signal that it would take the better part of the day to heave in chain and hawser and start over. The operation thus suspended until the arrival of a tug,
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that, under the prevailing ice conditions, he could do no more to carry out his orders. He proposed towing the disabled merchantmen in that port out of
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that, in local opinion, threatened to block the harbor. She subsequently reported that an "ice expert" at Sydney had advised strongly against risking
1625:, towing barges and lighters within the confines of the 5th Naval District. Besides her routine towing voyages up and down the Potomac and into the
963:, a mission – despite its not being "salvage duty" – she was assigned under special permission since no other tug was available. She also assisted
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operated out of Woods Hole and ranged the middle and northeastern seaboard of the United States, occasionally visiting the Depot at Arundel Cove,
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903:. She then delivered the boat to the New York Navy Yard and loaded a cargo of ammunition to be delivered to the Naval District Base, New London.
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then attempted to reach the shipwrecked mariners reported to be at Bird Rock but discovered weather conditions to be too severe to permit it.
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drifted off on her own but was still in danger of being wrecked when she was taken into tow. During the first decade of her service, the
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but after four attempts radioed that the methods being used to salvage the ship were impracticable, the discouraging situation leading
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departed her base at Woods Hole and sped to the scene to render assistance. By the time she arrived in the vicinity, a boat from
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which had been rendered powerless by clogged pumps, a flooded fireroom, and disabled machinery while proceeding from New York to
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Taking advantage of a sudden change to good weather and the fact that no other vessels in the Gut required such assistance,
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had arrived on the scene beforehand and had removed the crew from the leaking ship, whose pumps had been choked by debris.
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in tow, and reached New York on the evening of 23 December. She then received four days of needed voyage repairs at the
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on 30 May 1936. During the ensuing two months, the ship was fitted out for naval service; and, on 1 September 1936,
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succeeded in towing the schooner into Vineyard Haven so that she could be restored to service. In less than a year,
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ordered the Navy to discontinue salvage operations on civilian vessels. As a result, the cutter was assigned to the
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s skipper to radio on 28 January that "extensive wrecking operations" were required. The following day, 29 January,
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for American Shipping Board vessels in distress, but soon received orders to prepare to tow and convoy the steamer
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then took over the towing duties from the merchantman and brought the disabled destroyer into Boston for repairs.
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performed other duties as required. She towed a cargo of condemned ammunition from the naval ammunition depot at
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s line parted but was quickly replaced, and the convoy resumed its progress toward Halifax at a snail's pace.
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soon arrived on the scene and took the derelict in tow. She then brought the ship, valued at $ 630,000, into
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again attempted to reach Bird Rock on 17 January but was compelled to turn back due to heavy ice between
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s cruising during the winter of 1919–1920 was highlighted by the assistance she rendered to the damaged
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from New London to Melville, R.I., and then returning to Boston to resume her duty as a salvage vessel.
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ran a 12-inch line to the ship's bow. When this arrangement had been completed, the convoy set out.
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reversed course and touched at Vineyard Haven harbor to do a brisk business in her illicit liquor.
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received word that heavy ice had closed the Gut of Canso and that passage should be made north of
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as the latter steamed on patrol off the fog-bound coast, some 50 miles (80 km) southwest of
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departed Woods Hole and arrived in the vicinity early on the morning of 23 January, finding that
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sent out a call for assistance by wireless. Aid soon arrived in the form of the Canadian steamer
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to New London and, later, to Newport, in February and March 1919, respectively, before escorting
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accordingly altered course for Halifax and reported closely packed ice 25 miles from
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s first brush with a denizen of "rum row" was an encounter, on 11 October 1921, with the
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was later damaged so severely by the storm that she was abandoned as a total wreck.
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and ran aground. Later, as the wind and seas diminished, the Coast Guard tug USCGC
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with a line on her starboard quarter and Acushnet leading the procession, ahead of
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for repairs and alterations to living spaces on board on the 22d of that month.
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on her yearly "winter cruising," the cutter chanced across the small steam tug
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continued her salvage operations out of New London, receiving a respite to tow
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harbor before the ice reached it, but the master of neither ship – SS
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as soon as she coaled, and added ominously: "Weather severe, coal scarce."
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reached Halifax on 19 January for coal. Once there, she also learned that
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in the spring of 1917, the Coast Guard cutter came under the aegis of the
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proceeded to New London, where she was to assist in mooring and handling
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in the pea-soup fog, and the former had taken the latter under tow.
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in tow, and took her to Halifax where they arrived soon thereafter.
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However, by 10:00 on the following morning, the storm had attained
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However, before disaster struck, the tempest moderated and enabled
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On 7 February 1920 she picked up from lifeboats the survivors of
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However, this employment was soon to end, since, on 15 May 1919,
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from Newport to New London and back before taking the coal barge
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from Boston to the New York Navy Yard and the floating derrick
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were being fitted-out for service, before proceeding on to the
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above Cape North. There, the master of the Canadian Government
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reported that it was impossible to reach the steamer SS
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that had run aground and was wrecked on Old Cilly Ledge off
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and that his ship could not tow any vessel through the ice.
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appeared on the evening of 22 January and, upon request of
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in distress. For the next few weeks, basing at New London,
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loaded a cargo of speaking tubes and delivered them to the
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s, duties changed little after the United States entered
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In mid-December 1917, upon the disablement of the cutter
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specifying on 16 July 1918 that "orders for movement of
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reached New London in mid-March before she put into the
1782:. Declared surplus to Navy needs on 20 September 1945,
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and along the Maryland and Virginia coasts, as before.
1601:, operating primarily between the Norfolk Navy Yard at
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was assigned to the Revenue Cutter Service station at
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cutter. She was taken out of service 8 January 1946.
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1447:had run aground. Later that day, ships – including
1425:aground and at anchor; later, in company with tugs
569:of December 1917 and the first few months of 1918.
1349:. The cutter warned the craft to stay outside the
2507:Ships of the United States Revenue Cutter Service
1742:had to be taken in tow by the destroyer escort,
829:left Halifax on the last day of January with SS
1726:, Cuba, and operated under the auspices of the
833:in tow, and brought that ship to anchorage off
592:in New Brunswick to aid the distressed steamer
1730:until returning to Norfolk on 11 August 1944.
1366:Later, the day before Christmas of 1921, with
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1652:(CA-39) on 7 and 8 November 1939; she pulled
1621:, as well as Washington, D.C., Baltimore and
1071:Resuming operations out of Woods Hole, USCGC
923:Assigned to salvage duty in early July 1918,
765:s commanding officer accordingly radioed the
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1786:was decommissioned at the Coast Guard Yard,
853:, to tow a floating derrick from Newport to
1922:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1560:and sank. The schooner's crew was rescued.
1544:On 28 February 1932, the American schooner
627:, was busily engaged in repairing a broken
107:Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.,
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1680:(DD-423) between 18 and 21 November 1940.
1481:spotted a derelict – the floating derrick
1374:– the latter laden with 300 cases of
1175:s stern to aid in steering the ship while
511:became law on 28 January 1915 joining the
2031:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1932
807:attempted to float the damaged steamship
556:Upon the entry of the United States into
438:, with her cruising grounds to encompass
408:on 6 November 1908. She saw service as a
1916:This article incorporates text from the
1822:. Government Printing Office, Washington
1767:(ATCG-1) took over towing the venerable
912:departed Norfolk on the 23d and reached
860:After delivering her charge to Norfolk,
30:For other ships with the same name, see
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1790:, on 14 December 1945. Struck from the
2502:Ships of the United States Coast Guard
1690:. She continued her operations in the
1510:. Due to the fog and to the fact that
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2517:Ships built in Newport News, Virginia
1313:New duties in the enforcement of the
891:Upon completion of repairs on 8 May,
548:in heavy weather earlier in the day.
499:to safety after she stranded off the
485:. She patrolled regattas – including
446:, and adjacent waters. Departing the
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147:Transferred to U.S. Navy, spring 1917
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410:United States Revenue Cutter Service
76:United States Revenue Cutter Service
1960:Priolo, Gary P. (1 February 2008).
1862:Annual Report of the Supervising...
1710:Departing Norfolk on 28 June 1944,
1659:(AC-10) to her lay-up berth in the
1607:Naval Operating Base (NOB), Norfolk
1285:Later that winter on 8 March 1920,
940:rendered assistance to the steamer
458:reached her home port on the 27th.
285:Fleet Tug Old (ATO-63) 17 July 1944
1802:for disposal on 12 December 1946.
1694:region, touching at points on the
1496:On 15 January 1932, the steamship
1134:Summoned to the scene by the same
845:Upon completion of the yard work,
523:. On 15 April 1915 she pulled off
346:18 ft 9 in (5.72 m)
25:
1138:distress signal that had brought
1062:U.S. Coast Guard service, 1919–36
927:was to enjoy special status, the
566:United States Treasury Department
400:– was launched on 16 May 1908 at
27:Tugboat of the United States Navy
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995:Torpedo Testing Barge No. 2
901:Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
552:U.S. Navy service in World War I
546:Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
241:
235:Transferred to Navy, 30 May 1936
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1842:"Records of the T. A. Scott co"
1421:found the waterlogged schooner
1289:went to the aid of the steamer
610:was next ordered to search the
501:Pamet River Life Saving Station
366:(23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
2497:Tugs of the United States Navy
1663:, in the "Ship Graveyard" off
1329:and other cutters discovered.
1282:in a snowstorm on 6 February.
1:
1925:. The entry can be found
1462:from her perch on the rocks.
1303:Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
1325:proved tough to enforce, as
1168:s passing a 10-inch line to
1027:Floating Derrick No. 21
1006:Acting Secretary of the Navy
448:Revenue Cutter Service Depot
979:Torpedo Testing Barge No. 2
819:departed Louisburg with SS
424:U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
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2522:Maritime incidents in 1932
1970:Service Ship Photo Archive
1590:Over the next five years,
1586:U.S. Navy service, 1936–45
955:In September and October,
29:
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2161:Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
2158:December (unknown date):
2151:Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
1972:. NavSource Naval History
1946:United States Coast Guard
1830:– via Haithi Trust.
1483:Van Frank No. 2
841:Atlantic coast operations
521:United States Coast Guard
475:Marblehead, Massachusetts
436:Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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207:United States Coast Guard
63:
44:
1635:St. Julien's Creek Annex
1221:s again parted, leading
781:– wanted to leave port.
618:to New York. Meanwhile,
2361:August (unknown date):
1988:. Penn State University
1798:was transferred to the
1465:In the spring of 1928,
642:soon got underway from
479:New London, Connecticut
450:at Arundel Cove, South
338:29 ft (8.8 m)
330:152 ft (46 m)
314:General characteristics
98:Acushnet, Massachusetts
1489:, which towed it into
1485:and turned it over to
801:Louisburg, Nova Scotia
757:which was stranded at
660:Gulf of Saint Lawrence
517:Revenue Cutter Service
461:Over the next decade,
454:, on 8 November 1908,
402:Newport News, Virginia
109:Newport News, Virginia
1792:Naval Vessel Register
1413:Salvages in 1924–1936
1009:Franklin D. Roosevelt
532:that went aground on
18:USCGC Acushnet (1908)
1891:"Casualty reports".
1609:, and such ports as
1047:No. 27) during
878:Washington Navy Yard
866:Charleston Navy Yard
416:fleet tug, and as a
2204:President Roosevelt
1800:Maritime Commission
1794:on 8 January 1946,
1728:Panama Sea Frontier
1574:to the Navy at the
1558:Cross Rip Lightship
1546:George W. Elzey Jr.
1251:aiding in steering
835:Stapleton, New York
803:, soon thereafter,
573:Northern operations
194:, 22 September 1919
58:, 8 September 1941.
1722:, on 13 July, via
1599:5th Naval District
1384:In December 1922,
1013:1st Naval District
918:4th Naval District
683:Cape Breton Island
652:New York Navy Yard
588:was dispatched to
581:by a severe gale,
562:United States Navy
513:Lifesaving Service
248:United States Navy
161:United States Navy
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2364:Duke of Lancaster
2308:Georges Philippar
2070:Georges Philippar
1745:Clarence L. Evans
1720:Panama Canal Zone
1627:Tidewater regions
1576:Norfolk Navy Yard
1376:Black & White
1095:Lady Laurier
1023:East Hampton
967:and the schooner
961:Charles Wittemore
946:Lake Crystal
491:Fall River, Mass.
483:Norfolk, Virginia
396:– a steel-hulled
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139:, 28 January 1915
124:Sponsored by
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1351:three-mile limit
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1117:Northern Pacific
1077:
1067:Salvages in 1920
1015:on 28 May 1919.
987:Eagle No. 3
983:Eagle No. 1
944:and the steamer
886:Boston Navy Yard
870:Charleston, S.C.
695:Magdalen Islands
503:in a snowstorm.
496:Dustin G. Cressy
444:Nantucket Shoals
418:U.S. Coast Guard
293:14 December 1945
277:1 September 1936
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1522:
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1423:James C. Hamlen
1417:On 7 May 1924,
1415:
1358:
1340:
1333:
1311:
1280:Rockland, Maine
1233:
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1203:parted, as did
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914:Lewes, Delaware
843:
767:Navy Department
732:St. Paul Island
699:Nantucket Sound
693:, north of the
648:War Victor
644:Port Hawkesbury
633:War Victor
625:War Victor
616:War Victor
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529:George E. Klink
509:Coast Guard Act
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1692:Chesapeake Bay
1639:heavy cruisers
1623:Annapolis, Md.
1587:
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1554:Atlantic Ocean
1548:collided with
1531:Lemuel Burrows
1498:Lemuel Burrows
1491:Sandy Hook Bay
1414:
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1357:steamed away,
1315:18th Amendment
1310:
1307:
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677:On 4 January,
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1974:. Retrieved
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1949:. Retrieved
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1683:
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1471:Delaware Bay
1466:
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1427:Commissioner
1426:
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1367:
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1319:Volstead Act
1312:
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1261:Lady Laurier
1260:
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1200:
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1049:depth charge
1039:
1034:
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1025:, she towed
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799:Shifting to
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504:
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430:
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392:
391:
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319:Displacement
282:Reclassified
274:Commissioned
258:
217:
190:Returned to
172:
136:
132:Reclassified
87:
51:
38:
36:
1765:Carrabasset
1665:Fort Eustis
1661:James River
1360:J. B. Young
1342:J. B. Young
1323:Prohibition
1309:Prohibition
849:sailed for
708:to relieve
558:World War I
538:Hawes Shoal
471:New Bedford
269:30 May 1936
182:spring 1917
119:16 May 1908
2512:1908 ships
2491:Categories
2404:Cap Arcona
2384:Challenger
2288:Berengaria
2170:HMAS
2119:HMAS
2060:Reindeer I
2038:Shipwrecks
1992:29 January
1904:References
1879:Pocahontas
1748:(DE-113).
1603:Portsmouth
1525:s plight,
1474:destroyer
1391:Salvatrice
1295:Pocahontas
1236:s hawser.
1199:s line to
1099:destroyers
874:subchasers
748:icebreaker
728:Cape North
487:Ivy League
467:Curtis Bay
412:cutter, a
384:1-pounders
371:Complement
351:Propulsion
2450:ARP
2439:ARP
2278:Hougomont
2219:USS
2192:HMS
2121:Encounter
2080:Prométhée
2048:HMS
1893:The Times
1806:Citations
1684:Acushnet'
1372:Harbinger
1347:Nantucket
1229:let slip
1045:Submarine
1019:Acushnet'
813:Acushnet'
809:Angouleme
794:Acushnet'
763:Acushnet'
691:Bird Rock
583:USS
542:Cape Poge
534:Tom Shoal
452:Baltimore
414:U.S. Navy
406:Baltimore
2448:24 Dec:
2431:22 Dec:
2421:17 Oct:
2411:11 Oct:
2381:23 Sep:
2325:14 Jun:
2305:15 May:
2298:Lochearn
2295:14 May:
2285:11 May:
2275:20 Apr:
2265:13 Mar:
2258:Acushnet
2254:28 Feb:
2247:Nordland
2244:21 Feb:
2228:10 Feb:
2201:30 Jan:
2190:22 Jan:
2148:14 Nov:
2138:14 Oct:
2128:27 Sep:
2117:14 Sep:
2097:26 Jul:
2087:22 Jul:
2067:19 May:
2057:12 Mar:
2046:26 Jan:
1976:24 April
1964:Acushnet
1951:24 April
1937:Acushnet
1796:Acushnet
1784:Acushnet
1780:Acushnet
1775:Acushnet
1769:Acushnet
1761:Acushnet
1740:Acushnet
1735:Acushnet
1714:reached
1712:Acushnet
1700:Acushnet
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