Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Uncas (YTB-242)
ex
Uncas (YT-242) (1942 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Golf - Whiskey NAGW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

District Harbor Tug:

Built by Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange, TX (YN 212)

Laid down as civilian tug Susan A. Moran

Purchased before completion by US Navy, 21 March 1942

Placed in service as Uncas (YT-242), 1942

Assigned to the Service Force, Atlantic Fleet and participated in the following operation:

Campaign and Dates
American Campaign
Convoy SC-107, 03 to 08 November 1942

Reclassified District Harbor Tug (Large) YTB-242, 15 May 1944

Operated out of Recife, Brazil, 1942 - 1945

Departed Recife for Canal Zone, 08 July 1945

Inactivated at Boston Navy Yard, March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, January 1947

Sold to Moran Towing, New York, NY, renamed Pauline L. Moran (ON 253361), 16 May 1947

Acquired by Curtis Bay Towing, Philadelphia, PA, renamed Sewells Point, 1961

Half-sunk when hit by tanker Prince William Sound during that ship's launching at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, PA, 04 November 1975

Sold by Curtis Bay Towing to a salvage company "as-is" for one dollar

Rebuilt, acquired by Tug Interstate Co. (Interstate Oil Transportation), Wilmington DE, renamed Fort McHenry

Acquired by Dana Marine Services, New Orleans, LA, 1991

Sold foreign to an owner from Port Au Prince, Haiti, about 2000

Current Disposition, active in Haitian waters

Uncas earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 100'
Beam 25'
Draft 10'
Speed 12 knots
Complement

Officers 1

Enlisted 14
Armament unknown

Propulsion

single Diesel

single propeller, 1,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Uncas (YT-242)
	96k	Uncas (YT-242) underway with a barge alongside, date and location unknown. Photo Jim Logan, courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS).	Robert Hurst
	138k	Uncas (YT-242) underway in Brazilian waters, circa 1942-1943. Note the masts, which were later removed.	James Logan
Uncas (YTB-242)
	96k	Uncas (YTB-242) moored at Hunter's Point, CA, January 1946.	James Logan
	92k	Crew of Uncas (YTB-242) posing at Hunter's Point, CA, January 1946. Note crane ship *AB-1* (ex-battleship *Kearsarge*) moored in background.	James Logan
	85k	"Flags" and "Cookie" at bow of Uncas (YTB-242), 1946. Tug Moanahonga (YTB-258) is in background.	James Logan
Commercial Service
	60k	Ex-Uncas (YTB-242) moored pierside while in commercial service as the Interstate Oil Transportation tug *Fort McHenry*, date and location unknown.	Dave Boone
	345k	*Sewells Point* at Philadelphia, 04 June 1966. Peruvian freighter *Ucayali* (1957-1978) in in background. Photo from the Francis Palmer Collection via Dave Boone.	Dave Boone
	345k	*Fort McHenry*, moored pierside at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 19 November 2012. Photo copyright user "Evgeniy" via shipspotting.com	Dave Wright