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USS Uncas (YT-110)
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 USS Uncas (AT-51) (1920 - 1921)
 USS Uncas (Fleet Tug No. 51) (1898 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Atlantic Fleet clasp)

1921 International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Vice - Fox
 NVF
Uncas Class Fleet Tug:
  • Built in 1893 as Walter A. Luckenbach at John Dialogue and Son, Camden, N.J.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 2 April 1898
  • Commissioned, USS Uncas (Fleet Tug No. 51), 6 April 1898, LT. Frederick R. Brainard USN in command
  • Designated (AT-51), 17 July 1920
  • Redesignated Yard Tug YT-110, 10 June 1921
  • Decommissioned, 6 June 1922, at Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 14 March 1922
  • Sold, 25 July 1922, to Wood Towing Corp., Norfolk, VA. for $15,000, renamed SS Joseph D. Wood
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 441 t.
    Length 119' 8"
    Beam 25'
    Draft 12' (mean)
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 16
    Armament one 1-pdr, one mg
    Propulsion
    one vertical triple-expansion steam engine
    single propeller
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    Uncas 101k USS Uncas (Fleet Tug No. 51) anchored in Hampton Roads, VA., 12 June 1907.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-13217, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    Uncas 179k USS Uncas (Fleet Tug No. 51) and two unidentified vessels in dry dock at Portsmouth Navy Yard, circa 1908.
    Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-70505    		 Mike Green
    Uncas 114k USS Uncas (Fleet Tug # 51) transferring mail to USS Texas (Battleship No.35) in heavy weather, 16 September 1914.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 4265, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
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    094705104    		 101k Post Card image of USS Uncas (Fleet Tug # 51) being convoyed by USS Jupiter (Collier No.3) date and location unknown. Jay Milewski
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    094705105    		 178k USS Uncas (Tugboat # 51), ship's officers and crew pose on board, circa the World War I era. Note the dog held by the Warrant Officer standing to the left of the life ring. The original image is printed on postal card (AZO) stock.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 103046. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Uncas (AT-51 / YT-110)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Brainard, Frederick Roland, USN6 April 1898 - 1898
    02BOSN. Deery, Patrick, USN1898 - 3 October 1899
    03LT. Senn, Thomas Jones, USN (USNA 1891) :RADM3 October 1899 - 26 October 1900
    04BOSN. McLaughlin, John, USN26 October 1900 - 5 December 1902
    05BOSN. Sandstrom, Ernest Victor, USN5 December 1902 - 26 April 1907
    06CHBOSN. Wholtman, August, USN26 April 1907 - 13 August 1909
    07BOSN. Emery, Peter, USN13 August 1909 - 13 March 1911
    08BOSN. Drummond, William Joseph, USN13 March 1911 - 9 May 1911
    09BOSN. Danner, John9 May 1911 - 16 June 1914
    10LT. Wortman, Walter Joseph, USN16 June 1914 - 16 December 1917
    11BOSN. Zucker, Julius, USN16 December 1917 - 1 October 1918
    12ENS.Cooper, Wallace, USNRF1 October 1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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