USS Patuxent (AT-11)

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USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug #10) left, and USS Patuxent (Fleet Tug #11) right, participate in minesweeping operations in the North Sea in 1919.
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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.

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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