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YT-49
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 Harbor Tug No. 49 (1919 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
Harbor Tug No. 46 Class:
  • Built by Naval Station, New Orleans, LA
  • Contracted, 22 May 1918
  • Laid down, 26 August 1918
  • Launched, 19 January 1919
  • Delivered as Harbor Tug No. 49, date unknown
  • Designated District Harbor Tug YT-49, 17 July 1920
  • Assigned to 8th Naval District, 1919-1920
  • Towed from Canal Zone to Mare Island by Kingfisher (AM-25), August 1921
  • Towed from Mare Island to Pearl Harbor with YT-50 by Ontario (AT-13), 27 September - October 1921
  • Assigned to 14th Naval District, 1921-1922
  • Decommissioned at Pearl Harbor, 15 August 1922
  • Struck from the Naval Register, December 1924
  • Advertised for sale, 15 September 1925
  • Sold with YT-50 to R.J. Ultican Tugboat Co., Seattle, WA, winter 1925
  • Towed by tug George Brown from Honolulu to Aberdeen, WA, 04-22 May 1926
  • Dieselized and placed in service as Rustler (ON 228722), 1928
  • Registered to Benson Towing Co., Portland, OR, 1937
  • Sold to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Tacoma, WA, renamed Edith Foss, January 1940
  • Sold to Hubble Towing Co., Aberdeen, WA, renamed Dauntless,, February 1941
  • Acquired by Army, renamed ST 150, 1942
  • Operated in Aleutians during WWII
  • Registered again to Foss as Edith Foss, 27 August 1946
  • Damaged by engine room fire while under repair, 10 December 1968
  • Sold to Dillingham Corp., Tacoma, WA, renamed Rustler, 23 September 1969
  • Registered under Mexican flag shortly after
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    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 Wickes 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
    YT-46-85 Class
    140804802    		 617k The steam engine for one of the three small tugs (Harbor Tugs Nos. 48-50) built by the Industrial Department of the U. S. Naval Station, New Orleans, LA., in 1918-1920. It is a vertical, single-cylinder, non-condensing engine with a cylinder diameter of 18 inches and stroke of 22 inches and was rated at 300 horsepower
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 41613    		 NHHC
    YT-49
    140804901    		 584k Harbor Tug No. 49 under construction by the Industrial Department of the US Naval Station, New Orleans, LA., with two 110-foot submarine chasers, probably between August 1918 and January 1919. The vessels are probably, from left to right, Submarine Chaser SC-443 SC-443 with Submarine Chaser SC-444 to port, Harbor Tug No. 49, and Harbor Tug No. 50.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 41610    		 NHHC
    YT-49
    140804902    		 628k Harbor Tug No. 49 being launched by the Industrial Department of the US Naval Station, New Orleans, LA. This is probably Harbor Tug No. 49 sliding down the center side-launch building way at this yard on 19 January 1919.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 41612    		 NHHC
    There is no DANFS history for Harbor Tug No. 49 available at Navsource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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