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Photo #  NH 102342:  Tug Underwriter prior to World War I, probably off New Orleans, Louisiana


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Underwriter (Tug, 1881).
Served as USS Underwriter (ID # 1390) and USS Adirondack (YT-44) in 1918-1922

Underwriter, a 170 gross ton tug, was built at Camden, New Jersey, in 1881. Rebuilt in 1903, she was employed as a pilot boat at New Orleans, Louisiana, when the needs of World War I brought her into Naval service. Taken over by the Navy at the beginning of July 1918, and commissioned as USS Underwriter (ID # 1390) in August, she was stationed at the New Orleans Naval Station for the rest of the war and beyond. In addition to tug work, her duties included minesweeping and, after the war ended, training Naval Reserves. In July 1920 Underwriter received the hull number YT-44 and a few months later was renamed Adirondack. A survey in early 1922 revealed that her hull required excessively costly repairs. The tug was accordingly decommissioned at the beginning of March and sold in early June 1922.

This page features all our views of the tug Underwriter, which served as USS Underwriter (ID # 1390) and USS Adirondack (YT-44) in 1918-1922.


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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.

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100114

Underwriter
(American Tug, 1881)

Photographed prior to World War I, probably in the vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Built in 1881 and rebuilt in 1903, this tug became USS Underwriter (ID # 1390) in mid-1918. She was redesignated YT-44 on 1 July 1920 and renamed Adirondack later in that year.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 385 pixels

 


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