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Joseph M. Clark (SP 1244)


Joseph M. Clark a steam tug, built in 1899 by the R. W. Spedden Co., Baltimore, Md., was leased by the Navy from Joseph M. Clark & Co. of Norfolk, Va. 26 October 1917, and commissioned the same day, Boatswain Merriken, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the 5th Naval District at Norfolk,Joseph M. Clark served as a harbor tug and section patrol sweeper out of Norfolk, operating along the lower reaches of the James and Elizabeth Rivers. She decommissioned 12 November and was returned to her owner. (Above is the DANFS History for the Joseph M. Clark).

Specifications: Displacement 93 t.; Length 86' 2"; Beam 20' 7"; Draft 11'; Speed 11 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament two 3-pounders; Propulsion, steam.
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Joseph M. Clark 71k Photographed during the winter of 1917-18, probably in the Norfolk, Virginia, area.
USN Photo NH 101949
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