Wahneta (YT-1)

History
United States
Name	Wahneta
Namesake	Waneta (or "Wahneta") (ca. 1795–1848), a Sioux chief
Builder	, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	April 1891
Launched	3 March 1892
In service	1892
Out of service	4 August 1920
Fate	Sold 6 December 1922
General characteristics
Type	Yard tug
Displacement	192 tons
Length	92 ft 6 in (28.19 m)
Beam	20 ft 11.5 in (6.388 m)
Draft	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Speed	11.5 knots

The first Wahneta (YT-1) was a United States Navy yard tug in serving from 1892 to 1920.

Wahneta (Yard Tug No. 1) was laid down in April 1891 at Boston, Massachusetts, by the . She was launched on 3 March 1892 and subsequently was placed in service and assigned to the 5th Naval District. Stationed at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, she engaged in unglamorous but vital tug, tow, and general harbor duties.

In February 1893, Wahneta served as a seagoing observation platform off Port Royal, South Carolina. From her deck, observers watched test firings of the 15-inch (381-millimeter) pneumatic rifles of the unique "dynamite gun cruiser" USS Vesuvius.

Returning to her routine work soon thereafter, Wahneta remained based at Norfolk from 1893 to 1922, through both the Spanish–American War and World War I. On 17 July 1920, as the U.S. Navy established its modern hull classification system, Wahneta was designated YT-1.

Subsequently placed out of service at Norfolk on 4 August 1920, the venerable Wahneta was sold on 6 December 1922 to the .

See also[]

YT-1 is also cryptonym for .

References[]

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

External links[]

• Photo gallery at navsource.org