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USS Potomac (AT-50)
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 USS Potomac (Fleet Tug #50)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Spanish Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Haiti Campaign Medal - Dominican Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal
Potomac Class Fleet Tug:
  • Built in 1897 as Wilmot at F. W. Wheeler Co., West Bay City, MI.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 14 April 1898
  • Commissioned, USS Potomac (Fleet Tug No. 50), 14 April 1898, LT. G. P. Blow, in command
  • Designated (AT-50), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 26 June 1922
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1922
  • Final Disposition, sold, 1 December 1922, to New Orleans & Bisso Towboat Co., fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 785 t.
    Length 138' 9"
    Beam 28' 6"
    Draft 12'
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 56
    Armament two 6-pdr, two 3-pdr
    Propulsion steam, single propeller
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    Potomac 75k USS Potomac during the Spanish-American War, 1898. Note 6-pdr guns at her bow and stern.
    US Navy photo NH 57883 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Potomac 294k USS Potomac was the first vessel dry docked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 7 April 1909. Note she is missing her bridge and wheelhouse area.
    US Navy photo NH 57883 from the collections of the US Naval Shipyard Charleston, S.C.    		 Robert Hall
    Potomac 24k USS Potomac photo postcard, postmark Portsmouth VA Navy Yard Station, circa 1912. From USS Potomac sailor Irving Hale to his sister Ida in Lockport NY. Bruce D. Liddell
    Potomac 372k Cropped image of USS Potomac from photo postcard, postmark Portsmouth VA Navy Yard Station, circat 1912. From USS Potomac sailor Irving Hale to his sister Ida in Lockport NY. Bruce D. Liddell
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 25 July 2008