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Harbor Tug No. 85
YT-85

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug No. 46 to 85 Class:
  • Laid down, June 1918 as the wooden-hulled Harbor Tug No. 85 at the Howard E. Wheeler shipyard, Brooklyn, New York.
  • Launched in December 1918
  • Commissioned USS Harbor Tug No. 85 in July 1919
  • Allocated to the 3rd Naval District, Fleet Supply Base, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Decommissioned in December 1919
  • Transferred to the US Coast Guard in January 1920
  • Commissioned USCGC Chillicothe
  • Assigned by the Coast Guard to Ogdensburg, N. Y., of the St. Lawrence River
  • Decommissioned and sold in 1925
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 215 t.
    Length 88'
    Beam 20'
    Draft 8' 9"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Fuel Capacity 30 t.
    Propulsion one 300ihp single cylinder noncondensing type engine, single screw
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    YT-46-85 Class 83k Harbor Tug No. 46 to 85 outboard profile of the Harbor Tug No. 46 class (Nos 46 through 85). This plan by the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair is dated 25 April 1919 and is signed by the bureau's chief, Naval Constructor David W. Taylor, USN. Its number is C&R No. 60815. These tugs measured 88 feet in length and 20 feet in beam, displaced 215 tons, and had a designed speed of 10 knots.
    US Navy photo # NH 104706 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    YT-85 Class 63k Harbor Tug No. 85 under construction at the Howard E. Wheeler shipyard, Brooklyn, New York. The first frames are being installed shortly after her keel was laid in June 1918. Behind her is Harbor Tug No. 84, in frame on the same building way. .
    US Navy photo # NH 41620 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    YT-85 Class 49k Harbor Tug No. 85 probably photographed soon after completion in 1919.
    US Navy photo # NH 104675 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    YT-85 Class 42k Harbor Tug No. 85 probably photographed while in Navy service at New York in 1919. Her designation has been painted on the bow and pilot house. The standard hull classification system used by the U. S. Navy since July 1920 had not yet been developed
    US Navy photo # NH 104676 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    View history of Harbor Tug No. 85 from the US Naval Historical Center. There is no DANFS history record for Harbor Tug No. 85 available at Navsource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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