Luckenbach # 4, a 405 gross ton harbor tug built at Camden, New Jersey in 1913, was acquired by the Navy in October 1917. Renamed Nahant and given the registry number SP-1250, she was placed in commission at the beginning of December 1917 and served on tug duties in the New York Harbor area for the rest of World War I and into the early post-war era. Nahant was decommissioned in early 1920 and transferred to the New York City Police Department. They renamed her Service Number 3 and later John F. Harlan. The tug was returned to the Navy in 1928 and sold in December of that year.
This page features our only view of the tug Luckenbach # 4, which served as USS Nahant in 1917-1920.
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Page made 2 April 2002