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Pawtucket (YTM-7)
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 Pawtucket (YT-7) (1920 - 1944)
 Pawtucket (Harbor Tug # 7) (1899 - 1920)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Quebec - Bravo
 NIQB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal
Bottom Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Authorized, 03 March 1897
  • Laid down, 22 July 1898
  • Launched, 17 November 1898
  • Placed in service as Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7), 1899
  • Initially stationed at Mare Island, 1899 - circa 1906
  • Spent most career stationed at 13th Naval District, stationed at Puget Sound Navy Yard, circa 1906 - 1946
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-7), 17 July 1920
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Medium (YTM-7), 15 May 1944
  • Placed out of service, 13 December 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold to Northwest Merchandising Service, date unknown
  • Purchased by R.F. Johnson, Seattle, WA and placed in service as Pawtucket (ON 261962), 1950
  • Sold to Kodiak Aleutian Salvage Co., Juneau, AK, 1955
  • Sold to Gulf Navigation & Towing, Ltd., Seward, AK, 1962
  • Destroyed by engine room fire off Outer Island, Nuka Bay, AK, 04 December 1965
    Specifications:
    Displacement 225 tons
    Length 97'
    Beam 20' 11"
    Draft 8' 7"
    Speed 12.2 knots
    Complement
    Peacetime: 9
    World War II: 16
    Armament
    three 1-pdrs (replaced by a single 20mm AA gun mount during WWII)
    Propulsion
    one single end boiler
    one vertical triple-expansion steam engine
    single propeller, 500shp
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    Pawtucket
    140800701    		 97k Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7) on the building ways at Navy Yard Mare Island, circa October 1898.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket
    140800702    		 88k Invitation to the launching of Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7), 17 November 1898, at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket
    140800705    		 1493k Launch of Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7), Thursday, 17 November 1898, at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA. The new tug was christened by Heather Baxter, the five year old daughter of Naval Constructor William J. Baxter, who supervised her construction. Gunboat Yorktown was recommissioned immediately after the launch. Note the brass band on the right and the crowd, all men, shipyard employees, on the right on the dock and the steamer Ellen behind them.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket
    140800710    		 386k Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7) in the stream after launching, 17 November 1898. Ferry Ellen is at left.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket
    140800707    		 121k Pen and ink drawing of Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7) that accompanied an article about her launch in the San Francisco Call, 18 November 1898 K. White
    Pawtucket
    140800709    		 780k Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7) on her trial trip, 10 July 1899.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo 3856-7-1899    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket
    140800706    		 1196k Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7) at her fitting out berth at Navy Yard Mare Island, 1899. Note USS Mohican moored astern of Pawtucket.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo from glass negative.    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket
    140800703    		 101k Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7) moored pierside at Navy Yard Mare Island, circa 1899.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket
    140800704    		 68k Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7) inboard of Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug # 9) at Navy Yard Mare Island, circa 1905.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket
    140800708    		 68k View of Pawtucket (YT-7) underway, date unknown.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH43691    		 Darryl Baker
    Pawtucket (YT-7 / YTM-7)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 21 March 2021