USS Carl R. Gray (ID-2671)
 USS Nausett at Delaware Breakwater, during the 1920s. | |
| Career (USA) | Union Navy Jack 100x35px |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Carl R. Gray |
| Namesake: | Former name retained. |
| Ordered: | as the civilian tug Carl R. Gray |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | in 1918 at Baltimore, Maryland |
| Acquired: | 5 October 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 5 October 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 February 1933 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Renamed: | USS Nausett (YT 35), 24 November 1920 |
| Struck: | 13 March 1933 |
| Homeport: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Fate: | sold in May 1933 |
| Status: | ultimate fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | tugboat |
| Displacement: | 115 tons |
| Length: | 88' 10" |
| Beam: | 22' 6" |
| Draught: | 9' 6" |
| Speed: | unknown |
| Complement: | unknown |
| Armament: | unknown |
USS Carl R. Gray (No. 2671) -- later renamed USS Nausett (YT 35) -- was a tugboat, purchased by the U.S. Navy and commissioned on 5 October 1918, Boatswain J. Zucker in command.
East Coast Service
She was placed in commission as USS Carl R. Gray (ID # 2671) for service as a harbor tugboat with the Fifth Naval District.
In August 1919 she was transferred to the Fourth Naval District and on 24 November 1920 she was renamed and redesignated, becoming Nausett (YT-35). For the rest of her Naval career the tug served in the vicinity of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania.
Decommissioned
On 28 February 1933 she was decommissioned. She was stricken from the Navy Register on 13 March 1933 and sold.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
