USS Acushnet
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For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Acushnet.
Acushnet – a steel-hulled revenue cutter – was launched on 16 May 1908 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; sponsored by Miss Alayce Duff; and commissioned at Baltimore on 6 November 1908. She saw service as a United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter, a U.S. Navy fleet tug, and as a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. She was taken out of service 8 January 1946.
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Acushnet at Norfolk Navy Yard, 8 September 1941. | |
History | |
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United States Revenue Cutter Service | |
Name | USRC Acushnet |
Namesake | Acushnet, Massachusetts |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia. |
Launched | 16 May 1908 |
Sponsored by | Miss Alayce Duff |
Reclassified | USCGC Acushnet, 28 January 1915 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy, spring 1917 |
United States Navy | |
Name | USS Acushnet |
Acquired | spring 1917 |
Fate | Returned to U.S. Coast Guard, 22 September 1919 |
United States Coast Guard | |
Name | USCGC Acushnet |
Acquired | 22 September 1919 |
Fate | Transferred to Navy, 30 May 1936 |
United States Navy | |
Name | USS Acushnet (AT-63) |
Acquired | 30 May 1936 |
Commissioned | 1 September 1936 |
Reclassified | Fleet Tug Old (ATO-63) 17 July 1944 |
Decommissioned | 14 December 1945 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 12 December 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 860 tons |
Length | 152 ft (46 m) |
Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) |
Propulsion | steam |
Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Complement | 38 |
Armament | two 1-pounders |
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