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

Locust

Acquired Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Crawford & Reid, Tacoma, WA
  • Completed for Navy as tugboat Locust, 1910
  • Placed in service, 05 April 1910
  • Attached to the Naval Coal Depot, Tiburon, CA; towed coal barges to naval installations along the northwest Pacific coast
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Stricken from Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold to Mark P. Geirrine, San Francisco, CA, for $3184, 11 March 1912
  • Placed in merchant service as Locust (ON 211007), 1912
  • FInal disposition, off registers after 1915 - final fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Hull wood
    Displacement 65 gross tons, 10 net tons
    Length 72' 2" waterline, 80' 9" overall
    Beam 17' 2"
    Draft 7' 8"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion steam, one screw, 125hp
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    There are no images of Locust currently available at NavSource
    USS Locust
    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Back to the Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Yard and District Craft Photo Index Back To The District Harbor Tug (YT) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page was created and is maintained by David L. Wright
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 23 October 2022