USS Acushnet
Acushnet – a steel-hulled revenue cutter – was launched on 16 May 1908 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; sponsored by Miss Alayce Duff; and commissioned at Baltimore on 6 November 1908. She saw service as a United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter, a U.S. Navy fleet tug, and as a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. She was taken out of service 8 January 1946.
Acushnet at Norfolk Navy Yard, 8 September 1941. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States Revenue Cutter Service | |
| Name | USRC Acushnet |
| Namesake | Acushnet, Massachusetts |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia. |
| Launched | 16 May 1908 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Alayce Duff |
| Reclassified | USCGC Acushnet, 28 January 1915 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy, spring 1917 |
| United States Navy | |
| Name | USS Acushnet |
| Acquired | spring 1917 |
| Fate | Returned to U.S. Coast Guard, 22 September 1919 |
| United States Coast Guard | |
| Name | USCGC Acushnet |
| Acquired | 22 September 1919 |
| Fate | Transferred to Navy, 30 May 1936 |
| United States Navy | |
| Name | USS Acushnet (AT-63) |
| Acquired | 30 May 1936 |
| Commissioned | 1 September 1936 |
| Reclassified | Fleet Tug Old (ATO-63) 17 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 14 December 1945 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 12 December 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 860 tons |
| Length | 152 ft (46 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) |
| Propulsion | steam |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Complement | 38 |
| Armament | two 1-pounders |
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