USS Patuxent (AT-11)
| 300px USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug #10) left, and USS Patuxent (Fleet Tug #11) right, participate in minesweeping operations in the North Sea in 1919. | |
| Career (USA) | Union Navy Jack 100x35px |
|---|---|
| Name: | Patuxent |
| Namesake: | The Patuxent River in Maryland |
| Builder: | Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia |
| Laid down: | 25 July 1907 |
| Launched: | 16 May 1908 |
| Commissioned: | 4 May 1909 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 September 1924 |
| Struck: | 29 June 1938 |
| Fate: | sold 16 March 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 755 tons |
| Length: | 148’ 0” |
| Beam: | 29’ ½” |
| Draft: | 12’ 3” |
| Propulsion: | not known |
| Speed: | 13 knots |
| Complement: | 51 |
| Armament: | two 3-pounder guns |
USS Patuxent (AT-11) was a sea-going tugboat in the U.S. Navy from 1909 to 1924. Her principal task was to come to the rescue of disabled ships at sea. She served the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and was decommissioned after World War I in 1924.
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Laid down at Norfolk, Virginia
Patuxent – the first U.S. Navy ship to bear that name—was a steel, sea-going tug, laid down 25 July 1907 by the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, and launched 16 May 1908. She was commissioned 4 May 1909.
Serving the fleet
Patuxent spent her naval career operating with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, providing the services of a sea-going tug to diverse elements of the Fleet until decommissioning 30 September 1924.
Final disposition
Patuxent was struck from the Navy List 29 June 1938. She was sold 16 March 1939.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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