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YT-47
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 Harbor Tug No. 47 (1919 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
Harbor Tug No. 46 Class:
  • Built by Navy Yard, Charleston, SC
  • Contracted, 22 May 1918
  • Laid down, 17 October 1918
  • Launched, 19 June 1919
  • Delivered as Harbor Tug No. 47, 1919
  • Assigned to 6th Naval District at Charleston, 1919-1921
  • Designated District Harbor Tug YT-47, 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Surveyed and recommended to be sold, February 1922
  • Advertised for sale, 01 June 1922
  • Sold for $10,000 to Rochester & Terminal Canal Co., Rochester, NY, renamed Genesee (ON 222418), 1922
  • Sold to Marine Transit Corporation, New York NY, fitted with a 240hp diesel, 1925
  • Renamed Edwin Chilton, July 1926
  • Registered to Waterways Operating Co., New York, NY, 1935
  • Registered to Standard Towing Corporation, New York, NY, April 1937
  • Renamed Joan Wood, 1945
  • Registered to Connors-Standard-Marine Corp., New York, NY, 1946
  • Registered to Joan Wood Transportation Co., New York, NY, 1948
  • Sold to Kehoe Brothers Transporation Co., Brooklyn, NY and renamed Clayton P. Kehoe, 1950
  • Final disposition, out of documentation, 1968
    Specifications:
    Displacement 215 tons displacement
    Length 88'
    Beam 20'
    Draft 8' 9"
    Speed 10 knots
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Fuel Capacity 30 tons
    Propulsion
    steam, one single cylinder non-condensing (18" x 22"), 300ihp
    one Ward boiler
    single propeller
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    YT-46-85 Class
    140804601    		 83k Harbor Tug No. 46 to 85 outboard profile of the Harbor Tug No. 46 class. This plan by the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair is dated 25 April 1919 and is signed by the bureau's chief, Naval Constructor David W. Taylor, USN. Its number is C&R No. 60815. These tugs measured 88 feet in length and 20 feet in beam, displaced 215 tons, and had a designed speed of 10 knots.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 104706    		 NHHC
    There is no DANFS history record for Harbor Tug No. 47 / YT-47 available at Navsource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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