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USS Vigilant (YT-25)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal

Iron-hulled Steam Tug:

Built by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA (YN 232)

Launched, 12 November 1882

Completed as the steam tug George W. Pride, Jr. (ON 85762) for George W. Pride & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1883

Sold to John D. Spreckels & Brothers Co., San Francisco, CA, late 1888

Sailed from Philadelphia around Cape Horn to San Francisco in 72 days, arriving 14 February 1889

Purchased by the US Navy, 12 April 1898

Commissioned USS Vigilant, 18 April 1898

Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-25), 17 July 1920

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 26 November 1927

Sold to Cary-Davis Tug and Barge Co., Seattle, WA, and renamed Goliah, 25 April 1928

Refitted with 550hp diesel

Final Disposition, scrapped 1959

Specifications:
Displacement 300 tons
Length 116'
Beam 21'
Draft 9' (mean)
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 46
Armament

two 47mm revolving cannon

one Gatling gun
Propulsion steam, 450hp, single screw

Size	Image Description	Source
48k	USS Vigilant off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 July 1898. Note variety of guns she carried for Spanish-American War service. US Navy photo # NH 43695 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
100k	USS Intrepid (front), the Army Tug *T. Murphy* (mid dock on the left), USS *Vigilant* (directly behind *Intrepid), Water Barge No. 16* and *Ammunition Lighter No. 30* (not visible in this photo) on the far side of the dock and cruiser USS Marblehead (rear of the dock) are pictured in Dry Dock # 2 at Mare Island Navy Yard, 18 March 1913. Picture taken looking south.	Darryl Baker
131k	USS Intrepid (front), *Water Barge #16* and *Ammunition Lighter No. 30* (port side of *Intrepid* and *Marblehead), USS Vigilant* (directly behind *Intrepid), the Army Tug T. Murphy* (not visible in this photo) on the far side of the dock and cruiser USS Marblehead (rear of the dock) are pictured in Dry Dock # 2 at Mare Island Navy Yard, 18 March 1913. Picture taken looking east.	Darryl Baker
848k	USS Vigilant off Mare Island circa 1918. Navy photo - YT 25 1918.	Darryl Baker
180k	Tug operations and dispatch area at Mare Island Navy Yard with the main yard building ways in the background. Tugs Navigator (YT-39) [twin stacks] is inboard of Lively (YT-14) and to the right of these two tugs is the *USS Vigilant* (YT-25)*. Yard ferries Leslie* (YFB-7) and Dart (YFB-308) are to the right. The Tug Masters’ office is the house on the legs of the building ways overhead crane. The scaffolding on the building ways behind and below this office is the scaffolding for construction of the Montana (BB-51). The book A Long Line of Ships states that construction of the Montana was cancelled February 8, 1922 and it took another year to complete the scrapping of the ship. Based on this information this photo was probably taken from early 1922 to the middle of 1923. Photo from the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.	Darryl Baker
2557k	USS Vigilant and probably *Water Barge No. 16* moored at Mare Island barge dock, circa 1925. Navy photo - YT 25 1925.	Darryl Baker
547k	USS Vigilant underway in San Francisco Bay, circa 1912. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 74316, donated by D.M. McPherson, 1971	Dave Wright

USS Vigilant (YT-25)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
"Three Tugs Sold to the United States Yesterday"

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