USS Locust (1910)

Career (USA)
Name:	USS Locust
Namesake:	Any grasshopper of the family Acridiidae, specifically certain species having migratory habits
Builder:	Crawford & Reid, Tacoma, Washington
Laid down:	date unknown at Tacoma, Washington
In service:	5 April 1910
Out of service:	6 January 1912
Struck:	6 January 1912
Homeport:	Tiburon, California
Fate:	sold 6 January 1912
General characteristics
Type:	Tugboat
Length:	80 ft 9 in (24.61 m)
Beam:	16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Draft:	Unknown
Propulsion:	Steam engine
Speed:	Unknown
Complement:	Unknown
Armament:	Unknown

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

USS Locust (1910) was a tugboat built for the United States Navy in 1910 and served on the U.S. West Coast for several years towing coal barges from Tiburon, California to naval activities where the coal was needed.

Built in Tacoma, Washington

The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Locust — a wooden tug — was built for the Navy by Crawford & Reid, Tacoma, Washington, and placed in service on 5 April 1910.

Collier service

Attached to the Naval Coal Depot, Tiburon, California, the tugboat served at that place, towing coal barges to naval installations along the northwest Pacific Ocean coast.

Decommissioning

Locust was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 6 January 1912 and sold.

See also

• United States Navy
• Steam engine

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.