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SP-876 / AT-56 Lykens

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with Patrol clasp)
Lykens Class Fleet Tug:
  • Built in 1899 as Lykens at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 18 September 1917
  • Commissioned, USS Lykens (SP-876), 10 November 1917
  • During World War I, she operated in the Atlantic, reaching as far out as Bermuda and the Azores, and continued service along the mid-Atlantic coast following the end of the conflict
  • Decommissioned in March 1920
  • Recommissioned, mid-year 1920 as USS Lykens (AT-56)
  • Employed in the New York City area until decommissioned in December 1922 and laid up in reserve
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 November 1933
  • Final Disposition, sold 3 February 1934, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 650 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion steam
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    Lykens 51k Lykens, photographed, circa 1917, at about the time she was taken over for Naval Service. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
    US Navy photo # NH 102011 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    There is no DANFS History currently available for Lykens (SP-876/AT-56) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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