USCGC Raritan information

History
United States
Name	USCGC Raritan
Namesake	A branch of the Delaware Indian tribe first found near what today is Youngstown, Ohio.
Owner	U.S. Coast Guard
Builder	Defoe Boat Works, Bay City, Michigan
Cost	US$309,000
Launched	23 March 1939
Commissioned	11 April 1939
Decommissioned	14 May 1988
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	110 foot tug
Displacement	328 tons (1945)
Length	110 ft (34 m)
Beam	26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m) (1945)
Installed power	1 × Westinghouse electric motor with 2 x Westinghouse generators; powered by 2 x 8-567A GM diesels, 1,000 SHP;
Propulsion	single screw
Speed	11.2 knots (20.75 km/h)
Complement	2 warrant officers, 14 enlisted (1945),; 1 warrant, 19 enlisted (1961);
Sensors and ; processing systems	SO-8 (1945); SPN-11 (1961);
Armament	1 x 20mm/80 gun (1945)

USCGC Raritan (WYT-93/WYTM-93) was a United States Coast Guard 110 ft (34 m) harbor tug that was in service from 1939 to 1988. She served on the Greenland Patrol during World War II and after the war on the Great Lakes. From 1980 until decommissioning she was homeported at Governors Island.

^ ^a ^b "Raritan, 1939"' Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
^ ^a ^b ^c Scheina (1982), pp 71–72
^ ^a ^b Schiena (1990), pp 112–113

[USCG01-1] "Raritan, 1939"' Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

[Scheina(1982)71-72-2] Scheina (1982), pp 71–72

[Scheina(1990)112-113-3] Schiena (1990), pp 112–113

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History

United States
Name	USCGC Raritan
Namesake	A branch of the Delaware Indian tribe first found near what today is Youngstown, Ohio.^[1]
Owner	U.S. Coast Guard
Builder	Defoe Boat Works, Bay City, Michigan^[2]
Cost	US$309,000^[2]
Launched	23 March 1939
Commissioned	11 April 1939
Decommissioned	14 May 1988
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics ^[2]
Type	110 foot tug
Displacement	328 tons (1945)
Length	110 ft (34 m)
Beam	26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m) (1945)
Installed power	1 × Westinghouse electric motor with 2 x Westinghouse generators powered by 2 x 8-567A GM diesels, 1,000 SHP^[1]
Propulsion	single screw
Speed	11.2 knots (20.75 km/h)
Complement	2 warrant officers, 14 enlisted (1945), 1 warrant, 19 enlisted (1961)^[3]
Sensors and processing systems	SO-8 (1945) SPN-11 (1961)^[3]
Armament	1 x 20mm/80 gun (1945)