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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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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28 October 2003