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Wicomico (YT-26)
ex
 Choctaw (1898 - 1918)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Iron-hulled Steam Tug:
  • Built by Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, PA
  • Completed for W.G. Coyle, New Orleans, LA as the steam tug C. G. Coyle (ON 3556), 1892
  • Purchased by the Navy for $82,500, 19 April 1898
  • Commissioned USS Choctaw, 19 April 1898, LT(jg) Walter O. Hulme commanding
  • Decommissioned at Pensacola Navy Yard, 26 August 1898
  • Recommissioned, 15 June 1899
  • Decommissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard, 15 July 1902
  • Re-actived and placed in service, 1904
  • Renamed Wicomico, 20 February 1918
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-26), 17 July 1920
  • Sunk in collision with Goff (DD-247) at Naval Operating Base Norfolk, 15 February 1940
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 27 February 1940
  • Final Disposition, salvaged by 04 April 1940 and subsequently scrapped
    Specifications:
    Displacement 152 tons displacement
    Length 91' 5"
    Beam 21'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 2 officers, 22 enlisted [1898]
    Armament one 3-pdr., one 1-pdr.
    Propulsion steam, compound, 188ihp, single screw
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    USS Choctaw
    Choctaw
    140802602    		 452k In civilian service as C.G. Coyle, 1898. Probably taken soon after acquisition by the Navy.
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 55160    		 Mike Green
    Choctaw
    140802601    		 1005k Choctaw moored pierside in 1898, following conversion for U.S. Navy service. Note searchlight atop her pilothouse.
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 55161    		 Dave Wright
    Wicomico (YT-26)
    Choctaw
    140802603    		 44k Wicomico (YT-26) underway during the mid-1930s, probably at Norfolk. Dave Wright
    Choctaw
    140802604    		 53k Another view of Wicomico (YT-26) during the mid-1930s, probably at Norfolk. Dave Wright
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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