Photo #: NH 102342
Underwriter (American Tug, 1881)
Photographed prior to World War I, probably off New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Built in 1881 and rebuilt in 1903, this tug was acquired by the
Navy on 1 July 1918 and commissioned on 9 August of that year
as USS Underwriter (ID # 1390). Later redesignated YT-44,
she was renamed Adirondack on 15 October 1920 and sold
on 6 June 1922.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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