USS Nezinscot (1898)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Nezinscot.

USS Nezinscot (1898) is ...

History
United States
Name:
  • DeWitt C. Ivans,
  • USS Nezinscot
Namesake: The Nezinscot River in Maine
Owner:
  • Moran and Company,
  • United States Navy
Builder: Neafie & Levy, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down: 1897
Launched: 1898
Acquired: 25 March 1898
Commissioned: 2 April 1898
Fate: Capsized and sank on August 11, 1909
General characteristics
Class & type: tug
Tonnage: 115 grt
Length: 85 ft 0 in (25.91 m)
Beam: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
Draft: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Complement: 9

Construction

The steam tug Nezinscot was originally constructed by Neafie & Levy in 1897 as the DeWitt C. Ivans for Moran and Company.

Service

She was purchased for $30,000 by the United States Navy on March 25, 1898. The 85-foot iron-hulled tug was commissioned on April 2, 1898 and operated out of Key West, Florida serving in the North Atlantic Fleet during the Spanish American War.

Beginning in 1901, the Nezinscot operated out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire running between ports in New York, Massachusetts and Maine.

Loss

While steaming from Portsmouth to Boston carrying a cargo of chains, anchors and search light equipment for the USS Missouri, the Nezinscot capsized and sank when a deck load shifted in heavy seas off Cape Ann on August 11, 1909. Of the 9 person crew, there were four fatalities.[1] She currently lies in 300 feet (91 m) of water off Rockport, Massachusetts – 8 nautical miles (15 km) from Straitsmouth Island Light.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "USS Nezinscot wreck" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Boston Globe" (PDF).


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