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Pontiac
YT-20 Passaic

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down in 1891 as Right Arm, by Peter McGishan, Athens, N.Y.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Purchased by the Navy, 23 April 1898
  • Renamed Pontiac, 23 April 1898
  • Placed in service (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS Pontiac, 1 July 1911
  • Renamed Passaic, 11 April 1918
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-20), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, in 1921, and placed on the sale list.
  • Struck from th Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold to John Kantzler & Sons, Bay City, MI., 25 February 1922
  • Final Disposition (fate unknown)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 401 t.
    Length 124' 4"
    Beam 27'
    Draft 9' 6"
    Speed 10.5 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament two 1-pdrs, one machine gun
    Propulsion unknown
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