Name USS Pawnee Commissioned 6 May 1898 Length 37 m | Launched 1896, as John Dwight Decommissioned 24 March 1922 | |
Acquired by purchase, 6 May 1898 | ||
USS Pawnee (YT-21) was a yard tug in the United States Navy.
Pawnee was built in 1896 by Rodermund & Co., Tomkins Cove, New York, as the steam lighter John Dwight; purchased by the Navy on 6 May 1898 from George T. Moon, and commissioned the same day.
She was assigned to the 3rd Naval District and operated as a harbor tug at the New York Navy Yard until she decommissioned on 24 March 1922. Pawnee was sold on 25 July 1922 to Seabury & DeZafra, Inc., New York City.
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