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USS Sioux (YT-19)

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USS Sioux at left
History
NameUSS Sioux
BuilderNeafie & Levy, Philadelphia
Launched1892, as P. H. Wise
Acquiredby purchase, 25 March 1898
RenamedNyack, 20 February 1918
FateSold, 18 July 1921
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Displacement155 long tons (157 t)
Length84 ft 6 in (25.76 m)
Beam19 ft (5.8 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Depth of hold9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament

The first USS Sioux (YT-19) was an iron-hulled tug in the United States Navy. Sioux was named after the Sioux people.

Sioux, was built as P. H. Wise at Philadelphia in 1892 by Neafie & Levy and was purchased by the U.S. Navy on 25 March 1898.

Spanish-American War assignment

Acquired for the impending war with Spain, the tug was assigned to the Atlantic station and operated at the Norfolk Navy Yard. In 1901, she moved north for duty at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; and, in 1907, she was transferred to the Boston Navy Yard.

Decommissioning

She was renamed Nyack on 20 February 1918, and she was sold at Boston on 18 July 1921 to William S. Nolan.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

See also