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USS Waban

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal
Harbor Tug:
  • Built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA (YN 209)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Completed as iron-hull steam tug Confidence (ON 125843), 1880
  • Purchased by Navy from M. Revel, 25 June 1898
  • Commissioned USS Waban 25 July 1898
  • Assigned to Naval Auxiliary Force, stationed at Port Royal, SC, during Spanish-American War
  • Stationed at Guantanamo Bay, 1899 - 1901
  • Stationed at Pensacola, FL, 1901 - 1911
  • Stationed at Guantanamo Bay, 1911 - 1919
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1919
  • Sold to Whiteman Bros., New Orleans, LA, name retained, 1919
  • Sold to Pennsylvania Shipyards, Port Arthur, TX, renamed Pennsylvania, 1925
  • Sold to Intracostal Towing & Transportation Co., Houston, TX, 1926
  • Registered to American Republics Corp., Wilmington, DE, 1942
  • Re-registered to Intracoastal, 1946
  • Sold to Oulliber Bros., New Orleans, LA, 1949
  • Repowered with 100hp diesel, renamed Nig, 1950
  • Sold to George W. Whiteman, New Orleans, LA, renamed Whiteman 5, 1960
  • Still active, 1979
    Specifications:
    Displacement 150 tons displacement
    Length 85' overall
    Beam 17' 6"
    Draft 8'
    Speed 10 knots
    Complement 13
    Armament one 13" BLR
    Propulsion steam, 450ihp
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    USS Waban
    Waban 589k Waban at Naval Station Gunatanamo Bay, 1916.
    Naval & History Heritage Command photo NH 43724    		 Dave Wright
    Commercial Service
    Waban 231k Ex-Waban in commercial service as Whiteman 5, date and location unknown. Dave Boone
    Waban
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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