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Nyack (YT-19)
ex
 Nyack (1918 - 1920)
 Sioux (1898 - 1918)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
Harbor Tug:
  • Built in 1892, as the tug P.H. Wise at Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Purchased by the Navy, 25 March 1898
  • Placed in service as Sioux in March 1898
  • Renamed Nyack, 20 February 1918
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-19), 17 July 1920
  • Placed out of service and sold, 18 July 1921 to William S. Nolan
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 155 t.
    Length 84' 6"
    Beam 19'
    Draft 8' (mean)
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament two 1-pdrs, one machine gun
    Propulsion steam, single screw
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    Saturn 55k Sioux alongside USS Saturn off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., August 1900
    US Navy photo NH44072 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Algonquin 79k Sioux, Algonquin and Leyden in port, circa April 1898. Halftone photo, published in "War in Cuba, 1898." Note sailors rowing a small boat in right foreground.
    US Navy photo # NH 85645 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy of Alfred Cellier, 1977.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
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