Name USS Carl R. Gray Laid down date unknown Length 27 m Draft 2.9 m | Namesake Former name retained. Acquired 5 October 1918 Weight 116.8 tons | |
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Ordered as the civilian tug Carl R. Gray Launched in 1918 at Baltimore, Maryland | ||
USS Carl R. Gray (No. 2671) -- later renamed USS Nausett (YT 35) -- was a tugboat, purchased by the U.S. Navy and commissioned on 5 October 1918, Boatswain J. Zucker in command.
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East Coast Service
She was placed in commission as USS Carl R. Gray (ID # 2671) for service as a harbor tugboat with the Fifth Naval District.
In August 1919 she was transferred to the Fourth Naval District and on 24 November 1920 she was renamed and redesignated, becoming Nausett (YT-35). For the rest of her Naval career the tug served in the vicinity of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania.
Decommissioned
On 28 February 1933 she was decommissioned. She was stricken from the Navy Register on 13 March 1933 and sold.
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