Photo #: NH 102812
Luckenbach Number 2 (American Tug, 1891)
In port, probably when inspected by the Third Naval District
in 1917.
This tug, owned by the Luckenbach Steamship Company and originally
named Edgar F. Luckenbach, was taken over by the Navy
on 12 October 1917 and placed in commission on 5 December 1917
as USS Cherokee (SP-458). She foundered at sea on 26 February
1918, while en route from Newport, Rhode Island, to Washington,
D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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