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USRC Snohomish (1908)

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Name
  
Snohomish

Commissioned
  
15 November 1908

Launched
  
14 March 1908

Weight
  
894.1 tons

Builder
  
Pusey and Jones

Ordered
  
1906

Decommissioned
  
1 December 1934

Length
  
46 m

Displacement
  
798,300 kg

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Namesake
  
Native American tribe in Washington State

Owner
  
United States Coast Guard

The USRC Snohomish was a 152 ft (46 m) seagoing tug built at the specific direction of Congress by Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Delaware for service on the Pacific Northwest coast. She was fitted with latest lifesaving and property saving equipment available at the time of her construction and originally cost $189,000. She was commissioned by the United States Revenue Cutter Service on 15 November 1908 and arrived at her homeport of Neah Bay, Washington by way of passage around Cape Horn in 1909.

Snohomish was a regular part of the Bering Sea Patrol and enforced international sealing regulations. Her duties included search and rescue, law enforcement, fisheries patrol, mail delivery to light ships and remote stations, patrolling regattas, and towing disabled vessels.

She served her entire career in the Pacific Northwest and was decommissioned and sold 1 December 1934.

References

USRC Snohomish (1908) Wikipedia