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USS Adirondack (YT-44)
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 USS Underwriter (YT-44) (1920)
USS Underwriter (ID #1390) (1918 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built in 1880-81 as the iron-hulled screw tug Underwriter by John H. Dialogue, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Rebuilt in 1903
  • Acquired by the Navy at Naval Station New Orleans, LA., from the Pilot's Association of New Orleans, 1 July 1918
  • Assigned the identification SP-1390
  • Commissioned USS Underwriter (ID-1390), 9 August 1918, Boatswain Joseph W. Elfert, USNRF, in command
  • Designated District Harbor Tug YT-44, 17 July 1920
  • Renamed USS Adirondack, 15 October 1920
  • Decommissioned, 1 March 1922
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 6 June 1922 and sold to B. Mitchell, New Orleans, LA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 170 t.
    Length 121'
    Beam 22'
    Draft 9' 3" (mean)
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 22
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion steam, single screw
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    Underwriter 71k Civilian tug Underwriter prior to World War I, probably in the vicinity of New Orleans, LA. Built in 1881 and rebuilt in 1903, this tug was acquired by the Navy on 1 July 1918 and commissioned on 9 August of that year as USS Underwriter (ID-1390). Later redesignated YT-44, she was renamed Adirondack on 15 October 1920 and sold on 6 June 1922
    US Navy photo # NH 102342 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    Underwriter 64k Civilian tug Underwriter prior to World War I, probably in the vicinity of New Orleans, LA. This tug became USS Underwriter (ID # 1390) in mid-1918. She was redesignated YT-44 on 1 July 1920 and renamed Adirondack later in that year.
    US Navy photo # NH 100114 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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