Davey, WYT-81
Type/Rig/Class: Harbor Tug
Builder: Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Delaware
Dates of Service: 1908 - 1945
Cost: $49,500
Disposition: Sold
Displacement: 182 tons
Length: 92' 6"
Beam: 19'
Draft: 10' 2"
Machinery: Triple-expansion steam engine; 275 SHP; single propeller
Machinery:
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 10.5 knots
Economic/Cruising Speed: 8.0 knots, 420 mile range
Complement: 1 officer, 13 enlisted
Electronics: None
Armament: None
Cutter History:
The harbor tug Davey was launched on 14 March 1908 and was commissioned on 14 March 1908. She was stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana, on harbor duty, during her career.
She was decommissioned on 17 July 1945.
SOURCES:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
U.S. Coast Guard. Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).