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Choctaw
YT-26 Wicomico

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built as the steam tug C. G. Coyle, by Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Completed in 1892 and delivered to W. G. Coyle
  • Acquired by the Navy during the Spanish-American War from W. G. Coyle
  • Commissioned USS Choctaw, 19 April 1898, LTjg. Walter O. Hulme in command
  • Decommissioned, 26 August 1898, at the Pensacola Navy Yard
  • Recommissioned, 15 June 1899
  • Decommissioned, 15 July 1902, at Norfolk Navy Yard
  • Re-actived and placed in service in 1904
  • Renamed Wicomico, 20 February 1918
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-26), 17 July 1920
  • Collided with Goff (DD-247), 15 February 1940 in Hampton Roads and sank shortly thereafter
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 27 February 1940
  • Final Disposition, salvaged and subsequently scrapped
    Specifications:
    Displacement 152 t.
    Length 91' 5"
    Beam 21'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament one 3-pdr., one 1-pdr.
    Propulsion steam, single screw
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    Choctaw 54k Choctaw moored pierside in 1898, following conversion for U.S. Navy service. Note searchlight atop her pilothouse. This tug was renamed Wicomico in 1918.
    US Navy photo # NH 55161 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the Choctaw / Wicomico (YT-26)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    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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