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Tug No. 17 / AT-17 / YT-123 / YTB-123 Wando

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal (with Atlantic Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Wando Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 14 June 1915 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 7 March 1916
  • Commissioned USS Wando (Tug No. 17), 3 April 1917, Boatswain J. W. Bettens in command
  • Designated Fleet Tug (AT-17), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned and placed in reserve, 18 April 1922, at Charleston, S.C.
  • Recommissioned, 15 March 1933, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug (YT-123), 27 February 1936
  • Reclassified Large Harbor Tug (YTB-123), 15 April 1944
  • Decommissioned, 3 July 1946, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 December 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold, 28 April 1947, to Puget Sound Tug and Barge Co., fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 575 t.
    Length 123' 6"
    Beam 26' 8"
    Draft 11' 6" (mean)
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 23
    Armament two 3-pdrs
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Wando 28k Wando underway at Charleston, S.C., 4 June 1917.
    US Navy photo NH 48474.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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