USS Pawtucket (YT-7)

Pawtucket in 1899
History
United States
NameUSS Pawtucket
Ordered3 March 1897
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard, California
Laid down22 July 1898
Launched17 November 1898
Commissioned1 January 1899
Decommissioned13 December 1946
Reclassified
  • YT-7, 17 July 1920
  • YTM-7, 15 May 1944
HomeportPuget Sound Navy Yard
FateSold and scrapped, 1947
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Displacement225 long tons (229 t)
Length92 ft 6 in (28.19 m)
Beam21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Draft8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
PropulsionSteam, single screw
Speed12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph)
Complement
  • 9 (orig.)
  • 16 (World War II)
Armament

USS Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7/YT-7/YTM-7), was a district harbor tug serving in the United States Navy in the early 20th century, during both World War I and World War II. This was the first of two US Navy namesakes of the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the Native American tribe bearing the same name.