Dekanawida (YTB-334)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Dekanawida.
History
United States
Name: Dekanawida (in service, not commissioned)
Namesake: Dekanawida, The Great Peacemaker
Acquired: 1942 from Foss Maritime as Mary Foss, the ex 1904 Army mine planter Col. George Armistead.
In service: 1942
Out of service: 1946
Reclassified: YTB-334, 15 May 1944
Struck: 8 May 1946
Fate: Reacquired by Foss Maritime 1946, renamed Agnes Foss sold 1972 to Philippine buyer & renamed Celtic.
General characteristics
Tonnage: 630 GT
Length: 142 ft 0 in (43.28 m)
Beam: 30.6 ft 0 in (9.33 m)
Draft: 14.2 ft 0 in (4.33 m)
Propulsion: single engine/propeller, 1,500 horsepower[1]

The first Dekanawida (YT-334/YTB-334) was a tug in the United States Navy during World War II.

The ship was built and delivered in 1904 by Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the US Army as the Mine planter USAMP Colonel George Armistead.[1][2] Armistead was sold by the U.S. Army Mine Planter Service in 1935 to Foss Towing and Barge Co., Portland, Oregon which renamed the ship Mary Foss.[1] The Mary Foss was acquired by the Navy 2 November 1942 and placed in service as Dekanawida. She was employed in the 14th Naval District, and on 15 May 1944 was reclassified YTB-334. Dekanawida was stricken from the Navy List on 8 May 1946, delivered to the Maritime Commission for disposal, reacquired by Foss Maritime and renamed as the Agnes Foss.[Note 1][1] After sale in 1972 to a buyer in the Philippines the ship was operated as the Celtic.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Not to be confused with the second Agnes Foss (1942). That ship was also an ex U.S. Army mine planter of the same name, the USAMP Col. George Armistead (MP-3) built in 1942. That ship became USS Barbican (ACM-5) and then USCG Ivy (WAGL 329) before itself being acquired by Foss Maritime as Agnes Foss.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 TugboatInformation.com. "AGNES FOSS (1904)". TugboatInformation.com. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dekanawida (YTB-334) ex Dekanawida (YT-334) (1942 - 1944) USAMP Colonel George Armistead (1904 - 1930)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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