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USS Patuxent (AT-11)
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 USS Patuxent (Fleet Tug #11) (1909 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with Minesweeper clasp)

1921 International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Oboe - Mike
 NOM
Patuxent Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 25 July 1907, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Launched, 16 May 1908
  • Commissioned USS Patuxent, 4 May 1909, CHBOSN. Frederick Muller USN in command
  • Designated Fleet Tug (AT-11), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1924, at Coco Solo, Canal Zone
  • Loaned to the Commerce Department, Fisheries Commission, 17 December 1925, renamed Albatross II
  • Returned to the Navy, 26 June 1938 and struck from the Naval Register
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 March 1939, to Northern Metals Corp. Philadelphia, PA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 755 t.
    Length 148'
    Beam 29' 3"
    Draft 12' 3"
    Speed 13 kts
    Complement 51
    Armament two 3-pounders
    Propulsion system unknown
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    USS Patuxent (Fleet Tug #11)
    Patapsco 69k USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug #10) left, and USS Patuxent (Fleet Tug #11) right, participate in minesweeping operations in the North Sea in 1919.
    US Navy photo NH 45255 from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Patuxent 255k USS Patuxent (AT-11) crew list and photo, circa 1918-1919.
    Photo from "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage" by the U.S. Navy North Sea Minesweeping Detachment.    		 David Wright
    USS Patuxent (AT-11)
    Patuxent 52k USS Patuxent (AT-11) moored pierside at Naval Station Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone in August 1921 David Wright
    United State Fisheries Commission Research Ship Albatross II
    Patuxent 12k USFCRS Albatross II circa 1926-1932, location unknown.
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Patuxent 248k USFCRS Albatross II moored pierside in 1929, location unknown. David Wright
    Patuxent
    094701105    		 105k USFCRS Albatross II taking a seawater samples, location unknown, circa 1 July 1929 - 30 June 1930.
    United States Bureau of Fisheries. Bureau of Fisheries, Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1930 With Appendixes, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1931, p. 1075    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Patuxent (AT-11)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01CHBOSN. Muller, Frederick4 May 1909 - 6 May 1912
    02CHBOSN. Judge, John Patrick6 May 1912 - 5 February 1915
    03CHBOSN. Muller, Frederick5 February 1915 - 9 April 1916
    04CHBOSN. Murray, Christopher9 April 1916 - 13 May 1916
    05LT. Hupp, John Brady13 May 1916 - 10 April 1917
    06LT. Harmer, Jesse Llewellen, USN20 May 1919 - 30 June 1920
    07BOSN. Augustine, Georg Oliver30 June 1920 - 3 August 1920
    08LT. Healey, Thomas William3 August 1920 - 14 January 1922
    09BOSN. Augustine, Georg Oliver14 January 1922 - 30 September 1924
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 28 April 2023