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YT-50
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 Harbor Tug No. 50 (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, 21 November 1918
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered as Harbor Tug No. 50, date unknown
  • Designated District Harbor Tug YT-50, 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-49 by Ontario (AT-13), 27 September - October 1921
  • Decommissioned at Pearl Harbor, 15 August 1922
  • Struck from the Naval Register, December 1924
  • Advertised for sale, 15 September 1925
  • Sold with YT-49 to R.J. Ultican Tugboat Co., Seattle, WA, winter 1925
  • Departed Honolulu along with YT-49 in tow of tug George Brown, 04 May 1926
  • Twelve hours out became waterlogged, broke towlines and foundered, 05 May 1926
    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-50
    140805001    		 551k Harbor Tug No. 50 shortly after her keel was laid by the Industrial Department of the US Naval Station, New Orleans, LA. This is probably the keel of Harbor Tug No. 50, which was laid down immediately after the launch of Harbor Tug No. 48 on 21 November 1918. The stem and part of the sternpost have been erected on the keel.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 41614    		 NHHC
    YT-50
    140805002    		 650k Harbor Tug No. 50 under construction by the Industrial Department of the US Naval Station, New Orleans, LA., probably between August 1918 and January 1919. This is probably Harbor Tug No. 50, with Harbor Tug No. 49 partly visible behind the shed to the right in a more advanced stage of construction.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 41615    		 NHHC
    YT-46-85 Class
    140804801    		 588k Harbor Tug No. 50 and Submarine Chaser SC-444 are in the building ways in the background. Harbor Tug No. 48 (on the right), Harbor Tug No. 49, and the 110-foot Submarine Chaser SC-443 being fitted out by the Industrial Department of the U. S. Naval Station, New Orleans, LA., in early 1919. The center building way, from which Harbor Tug No. 49 was probably launched, is empty.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 41611    		 NHHC
    There is no DANFS history for Harbor Tug No. 50 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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