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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060


Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --

Tug Hiawatha (1903);
Later USS Hiawatha (ID # 2892), 1918-1919

Hiawatha, a 69-ton wooden steam harbor tug, was built at Staten Island, New York, in 1903. She was chartered by the Navy in August 1918 and placed in commission for guard and cargo inspection duty in the New York Harbor area. No longer needed after the end of World War I, Hiawatha's active Naval service ended in December 1918, and she was returned to her owner in the spring of 1919.

This page features our only view of the tug Hiawatha, later USS Hiawatha (ID # 2892).


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Photo #: NH 101790

Hiawatha
(U.S. Tug, 1903)

Probably photographed prior to World War I.
This tug was acquired by the Navy under charter on 1 August 1918. After service as USS Hiawatha (ID # 2892), she was returned to her owner on 30 April 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 450 x 765 pixels

 


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18 March 2001