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Unadilla is an Iroquoian noun meaning "meeting place." DANFS described the tug's namesake as "a river which rises in Columbia County, New York, and meanders southwesterly before emptying into the Susquehanna River." There are also several towns of the same name
in Georgia, Nebraska, New York and Michigan, as well as a former settlement in Kern County, California.
New York state historical marker of the Unadilla River in Chenango County. Photo by "Chenango Historian" via Wikimedia Commons. |
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Unadilla (Harbor Tug No. 4 / YT-4 / YTM-4)
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Invitation to the launching of US Tug Unadilla, 21 September 1895. |
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Unadilla ready for launching at Mare Island, 21 September 1895.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 74753 |
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Unadilla being launched at Mare Island, 21 September 1895.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 71248 |
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Undated photo of Unadilla at Mare Island, probably soon after completion.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 71717 |
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Pen and ink drawing of the new tugboat Unadilla at Jackson Street Wharf, San Francisco.
From San Francisco Call, 28 March 1896 |
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Unadilla alongside USS Scindia off Mare Island Navy Yard, circa 1899.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 71734, courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum |
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Unadilla outboard and alongside the decommissioned cruiser Boston at Mare Island Navy Yard in September 1899. USS Solace (after section visible) is moored pierside forward of Boston and Unadilla.
File name: MINSY Sep 1899 03 Boston, Unadilla and Solace |
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USS Hancock underway with the assistance of USS Active on the starboard side and likely Unadilla on the port side off Mare Island Navy Yard, date unknown.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 84408 |
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USS Alert under tow by the tug Unadilla in San Francisco Bay, circa 1902. |
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Unadilla alongside the gunboat USS Concord off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA, 26 June 1903.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo |
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Unadilla after running aground in fog on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, 24 October 1904. She was pulled off without damage by the Army tug General Slocum the next day.
Image from San Francisco Chronicle, 25 October 1904 |
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Unadilla alongside the Mare Island Navy Yard "Flusher." The "Flusher" in operation at the shipyard's torpedo boat wharf, 13 December 1906.
A possible explanation for the function of the "Flusher" is that it was used to clear mud away from the dry dock caisson. Mare Island at this time only had a bucket dredge, and they may have been afraid that it would punch a hole in the caisson when clearing the mud from the dry dock sill area. The other three dry docks were built with installed flusher systems to clear the caisson dry dock sill area.
Mare Island Navy Yard photo # MINSY 778-12-1906 |
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Unadilla moored pierside at Mare Island Navy Yard, circa 1906-07.
Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 71703 |
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Unadilla is to port of USS Ontario (Fleet Collier No. 2) as she is waterborne for the first time after launching at Mare Island, 05 December 1908.
US Navy photo |
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Unadilla is to port of USS Ontario (Fleet Collier No. 2) entering the water for the first time during her launching at Mare Island, 05 December 1908. Other ships in photo left to right: USS Fortune (Harbor Tug No. 11), and USS Active (Harbor Tug No. 14) to the far right.
US Navy photo |
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Unadilla dry docked in the middle position at the far end of the Dry Dock #2 at Mare Island Navy Yard, 14 December 1911. USS Cleveland (C-19) is to the left of the dry dock and in the dry dock with Unadilla are USS Preble (Destroyer # 12) (left) USS Farragut (Torpedo Boat # 11) (right), next is USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6) and USS Perry (Destroyer # 11).
MINSY photo # 223-12-1911, Navy Photo, 12/14/1911. |
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Unadilla stands by as the collier USS Jupiter is launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, 14 August 1912. The boat aft of Unadilla is a commercial Vallejo to Mare Island ferry.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # AC 3 005-8-12 |
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Unadilla assists the collier USS Jupiter in the Mare Island Channel after launching, 14 August 1912.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # AC 3 007-8-12 |
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Broadside view of Unadilla in her berth at Navy Yard Mare Island, circa 1915-16.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo |
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Unadilla alongside USS Celtic (AF-2) in the Mare Island channel in June 1920. Shipyard logs indicate Celtic was in overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard from 8 December 1919 until 25 June 1920.
Navy photos AF 2 1920 02 and 03, June 1920 |
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Unadilla (YT-4) moored along the seawall at Mare Island, 31 October 1923.
MINSY photo 4667-10-23, from the collection of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. |
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