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YT-28 Advance


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World War I Victory Medal - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)

(Tug: t. 167 (gross); 1. 107'6"; b. 22'8"; dr. 11'5"; s. Ilk.; epl. 14) In June or July 1918, the fourth Advance (Id. No. 3057)—a tug built in 1912 at Solomons Island, Md., by M. M. Davis—was acquired by the Navy from A. J. Taylor & Bros., Washington, D.C., and was placed in commission on 27 July 1918. For the duration of World War I, she served as a patrol vessel assigned to the 5th Naval District and was based at Norfolk, Va. Following the end of hostilities, she became a harbor tug at Norfolk and remained so employed for the rest of her Navy career. She was designated YT-28 on 17 July 1920 when the Navy adopted the alphanumeric system of hull designations. Advance remained active at Norfolk until 7 June 1933, when she was decommissioned and berthed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 12 December 1933; and she was sold to Mr. Martin J. Carroll, Brooklyn, N.Y., on 14 June 1934
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 167 t. (gross)
    Length 107' 6"
    Beam 22' 8"
    Draft 11' 5"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 14
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion steam, single screw

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    Vigilant 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

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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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