The first USS Sioux (YT-19) was an iron-hulled tug in the United States Navy. Sioux was named after the Sioux people.
.jpg) USS Sioux at left
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Sioux |
| Builder | Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia |
| Launched | 1892, as P. H. Wise |
| Acquired | by purchase, 25 March 1898 |
| Renamed | Nyack, 20 February 1918 |
| Fate | Sold, 18 July 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Displacement | 155 long tons (157 t) |
| Length | 84 ft 6 in (25.76 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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Sioux, was built as P. H. Wise at Philadelphia in 1892 by Neafie & Levy and was purchased by the U.S. Navy on 25 March 1898.
Spanish–American War assignment
editAcquired for the impending war with Spain, the tug was assigned to the Atlantic station and operated at the Norfolk Navy Yard. In 1901, she moved north for duty at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; and, in 1907, she was transferred to the Boston Navy Yard. On 18 January 1908 she went ashore on Gull Rocks, Newport, Rhode Island. Refloated and returned to service.[1]
Decommissioning
editShe was renamed Nyack on 20 February 1918, and she was sold at Boston on 18 July 1921 to William S. Nolan.
References
edit- ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
edit- Photo gallery of USS Sioux at NavSource Naval History
- Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: USS Sioux (1898–1921), later Nyack (YT-19)
- ZC (Ship) Files in the Navy Department Library