USS Choctaw (1898)

History
United States
Name	USS Choctaw, later USS Wicomico
Builder	Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Launched	1892, as C.G. Coyle
Acquired	by purchase
Commissioned	19 April 1898, 15 June 1899
Decommissioned	26 August 1898, 15 July 1902
In service	1904
Renamed	USS Wicomico 20 February 1918
Stricken	27 February 1940
Fate	Sank, 15 February 1940, salvaged & scrapped August 1940
Notes	Named C.G. Coyle prior to U.S. Navy service
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	152 t (150 long tons)
Length	91 ft 5 in (27.86 m)
Beam	21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	steam, single screw
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament	1 × 3-pounder gun 1 × 1-pounder gun

The second USS Choctaw was a yard tug in the United States Navy from the Spanish–American War to World War II. She was renamed USS Wicomico in 1918.

USS Choctaw

A steam tug built at Philadelphia by Neafie & Levy as C.G. Coyle, she was completed in 1892. Acquired by the Navy from W.G. Coyle Co. for service during the Spanish–American War, the tug was renamed Choctaw and commissioned on 19 April 1898.

Attached to the

for repairs, the ship was again placed out of commission on 15 July 1902.

Placed back in active service in 1904, Choctaw served at the Washington Navy Yard through World War I. She was renamed Wicomico on 20 February 1918.

USS Wicomico (YT-26)

On

On 17 July 1920 Wicomico was designated YT-26. Transferred to the

5th Naval District

through the outbreak of World War II.

On 15 February 1940, Wicomico collided with the

and sank shortly thereafter. Struck from the Navy list on 27 February 1940, the ship was salvaged and subsequently scrapped.

Notes

References

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

External links

• Photo at navsource.org
• Information and photo at Naval Historical Center