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Penobscot (YTB 42)



Call sign:
Nan - Easy - Sugar - Baker

ex-YT-42
ex-SP-982

Tug Boat: Built in 1904 as Luckenbach No. 5 by the Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; Acquired by the Navy 29 August 1917 and placed in service as USS Penobscot (SP 982) the same day; Caught fire 5 October 1918 off Villa Franca, Italy, salvaged, one killed and one wounded; Reclassified as a Harbor Tug, YT-42 in 1920; Reclassified as a Large Harbor Tug, YTB-42 in May 1944; Placed out of service 29 October 1945 at New York; Struck from the Navy list 17 April 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 31 January 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 415 t.; Length 121' 6"; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 11' 2"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 38; Armament one 3".

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Penobscot 95k Seen as YT-42
Underway circa the later 1930s, probably in New York Harbor area.
Photograph by Theodore N. Silberstein (better known as Ted Stone).
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 104605		 Naval Historical Center
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