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Name | USS Hiawatha |
Namesake | Hiawatha, a leader of the Onondaga and Mohawk nations of Native Americans and a fictional character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha |
Builder | Brown, Tottenville, Staten Island, New York |
Completed | 1903 |
Acquired | 1 August 1918 |
Commissioned | 1 August 1918 |
Decommissioned | 5 December 1918 |
Fate | Returned to owner 30 April 1919 [1] or 5 May 1919 [2] |
Notes | Operated as civilian tug Hiawatha 1903-1918 and from 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Harbor tug |
Displacement | 69 tons |
Length | 65 ft 5 in (19.94 m) |
Beam | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Installed power | 250 indicated horsepower (0.33 megawatt) |
Propulsion | Steam engine, one shaft |
Speed | 8 knots |
Complement | 5 |
The second USS Hiawatha (ID-2892 [1] or SP-2892 [2]) was a harbor tug that served in the United States Navy in 1918.
Hiawatha was built as a civilian, wooden- hulled steam tug of the same name in 1903 by Brown at Tottenville, Staten Island, New York. The U.S. Navy acquired her under charter from her owner for World War I service on 1 August 1918. She was commissioned as USS Hiawatha (ID-2892 [1] or SP-2892 [2]) at New York City the same day.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Hiawatha operated with the guard ship USS Amphitrite and was manned either by sailors from Amphitrite or by a civilian crew. [3] She performed guard duty in the New York Harbor and boarded ships to inspect cargo until she was decommissioned on 5 December 1918.
Hiawatha was returned to her owner on either 30 April 1919 [1] or 5 May 1919. [2]
Throughout her U.S. Navy service, Hiawatha was one of two ships simultaneously in service as USS Hiawatha, the other being the patrol vessel USS Hiawatha (SP-183).
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History | |
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Name | USS Hiawatha |
Namesake | Hiawatha, a leader of the Onondaga and Mohawk nations of Native Americans and a fictional character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha |
Builder | Brown, Tottenville, Staten Island, New York |
Completed | 1903 |
Acquired | 1 August 1918 |
Commissioned | 1 August 1918 |
Decommissioned | 5 December 1918 |
Fate | Returned to owner 30 April 1919 [1] or 5 May 1919 [2] |
Notes | Operated as civilian tug Hiawatha 1903-1918 and from 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Harbor tug |
Displacement | 69 tons |
Length | 65 ft 5 in (19.94 m) |
Beam | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Installed power | 250 indicated horsepower (0.33 megawatt) |
Propulsion | Steam engine, one shaft |
Speed | 8 knots |
Complement | 5 |
The second USS Hiawatha (ID-2892 [1] or SP-2892 [2]) was a harbor tug that served in the United States Navy in 1918.
Hiawatha was built as a civilian, wooden- hulled steam tug of the same name in 1903 by Brown at Tottenville, Staten Island, New York. The U.S. Navy acquired her under charter from her owner for World War I service on 1 August 1918. She was commissioned as USS Hiawatha (ID-2892 [1] or SP-2892 [2]) at New York City the same day.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Hiawatha operated with the guard ship USS Amphitrite and was manned either by sailors from Amphitrite or by a civilian crew. [3] She performed guard duty in the New York Harbor and boarded ships to inspect cargo until she was decommissioned on 5 December 1918.
Hiawatha was returned to her owner on either 30 April 1919 [1] or 5 May 1919. [2]
Throughout her U.S. Navy service, Hiawatha was one of two ships simultaneously in service as USS Hiawatha, the other being the patrol vessel USS Hiawatha (SP-183).