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Powhatan
Cayuga (YT-12)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
Steam Tug:
  • Built in 1865, as the Steam Tug Penwood at Maryland Steel Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Purchased by the Navy, 8 April 1898
  • Commissioned, USS Powhatan, 20 April 1898, Lt. R. M. Russell in command
  • Decommissioned in 1900 and turned over to the Treasury Department
  • Recommissioned upon return to Naval Service in 1901
  • Name changed to USS Cayuga, 1 September 1917
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-12), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 20 April 1928
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, 5 June 1928
    Specifications:
    Displacement 194 t.
    Length 101'
    Beam 21'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 35
    Armament 1 3-pdrs, 1 37mm gun
    Propulsion steam, single screw
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    Fortune 60k Powhatan moored pierside circa 1898-99 or the early 1900s. This tug was renamed Cayuga in 1917.
    US Navy photo # NH 43694 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the Powhatan / Cayuga (YT-12)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
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