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YNG-21
ex-YT-34
ex-Dreadnaught (ID 1951)


Tug: Built in 1917 by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA for the Rolph Navigation and Coal Company of San Francisco; Acquired by the Navy 17 May 1917; Commissioned Dreadnaught (ID 1951), 31 January 1918 at Mare Island Navy Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; Reclassified as a Harbor Tug, YT-34 in 1920; Decommissioned 14 March 1922 and placed in service; Reclassified as a Gate Tender (non-self propelled), YNG-21, 7 October 1940; Struck from the Navy Register in September 1944 and destroyed.

Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 143'; Beam 28'; Draft 14' 10"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 28; Armament one 3".


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Dreadnaught 91k Underway, probably prior to her World War I era Naval service.
U.S. Navy photo NH 94484
Naval Historical Center

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