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YT-13 Hercules

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
Steam Tug:
  • Built in 1888, at J. H. Dialogue & Son, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Purchased by the Navy, 25 April 1889, from Standard Oil Co.
  • Commissioned, USS Hercules (date unknown)
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-13), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 17 December 1931, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Recommissioned upon return to Naval Service in 1901
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 4 December 1936
  • Sold for commercial service, 25 January 1937, to Atlantic Construction Corp., Norfolk, VA.
  • Final Disposition (date unknown)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 198 t.
    Length 101'
    Beam 20' 6"
    Draft 9'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement (unknown)
    Armament (unknown)
    Propulsion steam, single screw
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