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Photo # NH 102341:  Tug Undaunted in 1917

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USS Undaunted (ID # 1950, later AT-58, YT-125, AT-58 and ATO-58), 1918-1947.
Originally the civilian tug Undaunted (1917)

USS Undaunted, a 450 gross ton tug, was built in 1917 at San Francisco, California, as the civilian tug of the same name. She was taken over by the Navy after completion and placed in commission in early February 1918, with the registry ID # 1950. During the remainder of World War I Undaunted served in French waters and in 1919 returned to the West Coast, where she remained for the next two decades, primarily based at San Francisco. The tug was twice redesignated during this time, becoming AT-58 in July 1920 and YT-125 in February 1936.

In the spring of 1939 Undaunted was transferred from California waters to Norfolk, Virginia. She again became AT-58 in July 1940 and spent the World War II years operating in the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay area. In May 1944 the now elderly tug was redesignated ATO-58. Decommissioned at the beginning of July 1946, USS Undaunted was stricken from the Navy list in September of that year and disposed of in March 1947.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Undaunted (ID # 1950, later AT-58, YT-125, AT-58 and ATO-58) and to the civilian tug Undaunted.


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Photo #: NH 102341

Undaunted
(American Tug, 1917)

Underway soon after completion, 1917, probably in San Francisco Bay, California. Her smokestack wears the marking of her owner, the Rolph Navigation & Coal Company, of San Francisco.
This tug was requisitioned by the Navy on 30 January 1918 and placed in commission on 5 February 1918 as USS Undaunted (ID # 1950). She was redesignated several times, becoming AT-58 in 1920, YT-125 in 1936, AT-58 in 1940 and ATO-58 in 1944. Undaunted was stricken on 25 September 1946 and sold on 19 March 1947.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 515 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 43686

USS Undaunted
(AT-58, later YT-125)

In San Francisco Bay, California, probably off Yerba Buena Island, during the 1920s or 1930s.
The receiving ship Boston is partially visible at right.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 45128

USS Newport News
(AK-3), with
USS Undaunted (AT-58) alongside

Probably in San Francisco Bay, California, circa the early 1920s.

Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1936.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65022

USS Undaunted
(AT-58, later YT-125)

Alongside another ship, during the 1930s.

Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 114KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 


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