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Tacoma
YT-23 Sebago

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built in 1893 as the screw tug Hortense, by John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Purchased by the Navy, 30 April 1898, from O'Connor & Smoot
  • Renamed Tacoma and placed in service in 1898
  • Renamed Sebago in January 1900
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-23), 17 July 1920
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 3 December 1936
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 October 1931
  • Sold to N. Block & Co., Norfolk, VA., 1December 1933
  • Final Disposition (fate unknown)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 130 t.
    Length 99'
    Beam 21'
    Draft unknown
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 22
    Armament one 6-pdr
    Propulsion steam, single screw
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    Sebago 69k Tacoma probably off the Pensacola Navy Yard, Pensacola, FL., 1898. Note 6-pounder Driggs-Schroeder gun at her bow. This tug was renamed Sebago in 1900.
    US Navy photo NH 43688 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
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