USRC Wissahickon
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Wissahickon Creek |
Builder | Spedden Company, Baltimore, Maryland |
Cost | $69,800 |
Launched | 11 June 1904 |
Commissioned | 3 December 1904 |
Decommissioned | 8 May 1935 |
Fate | Sold |
Notes | As USCGC Wissahickon after 30 January 1915 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Winnisimmet-class |
Type | harbor tug |
Displacement | 194 tons [1] |
Length | 96' 6" |
Beam | 20" 6" |
Draft | 9' |
Installed power | Babcock & Wilcox water boiler, steam engine, 500 SHP |
Propulsion | 1 screw |
Speed | 12 knots (max) |
Complement | 11 |
Armament | none |
USRC Wissahickon was one of two Winnisimmet-class harbor tugs constructed by Spedden Company for the Revenue Cutter Service. She was initially stationed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] [1] Ellsworth P. Bertholf served as captain of her from 9 November 1906 to 20 September 1907 in his first tour as a commanding officer. [3] Bertholf would later serve as the Commandant of the Coast Guard. [4] After the U.S. Coast Guard was formed in 1915, she was known as USCGC Wissahickon. In 1916, she was transferred to Baltimore, Maryland. The Navy assumed control of her from 6 April 1917 to 28 August 1919 during World War I. On 1 January 1923 she was transferred from Baltimore to New York City, where she remained in service until being decommissioned on 8 May 1935. [2] [1] On 8 May 1935 Wissahickon was decommissioned and later sold. [1]
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