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USS Patapsco (AT-10)
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 USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug #10) (1911 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with Minesweeper clasp)
Patapsco Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 12 May 1907, at the Portsmouth, N.H. Navy Yard
  • Launched, 29 June 1908
  • Commissioned, USS Patapsco, 1 July 1911, at Boston, MA.
  • Designated Fleet Tug (AT-10), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned,16 January 1925
  • Laid up in Reserve at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 4 March 1936
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 June 1936, to Boston Iron and Metal Co., Baltimore, MD.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 917 t.
    Length 157'1"
    Beam 30'6"
    Draft 15' 6"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Armament two 3-pounders
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Patapsco 57k USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug #10) moored pierside, prior to Wold War I, location unknown. David Wright
    Patapsco 69k USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug #10) left, and USS Patuxent (Fleet Tug #11) right, participate in minesweeping operations in the North Sea in 1919.
    US Navy photo NH 45255 from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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