Global InformationUSS Lykens information
 Lykens in port, c. 1917
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Lykens (SP-876) |
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| Launched | 1899 |
| Acquired | 18 September 1917 |
| Commissioned | 10 November 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 23 March 1920 |
| Recommissioned | 17 June 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 9 December 1922 |
| Fate | Sold, 3 February 1934; ultimate fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 425 t. |
| Length | 170 ft (52 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | steam |
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USS Lykens (SP-876/AT-56) was a steam tugboat purchased from the Reading Company by the United States Navy in 1917. Because she was privately built, she was not of a ship class. She was the only U.S. Navy ship of this name.
The ship served on the East Coast, in Bermuda, and in the Azores during World War I. After the war, she operated from New York and Norfolk, Virginia until decommissioning in 1922. She was considered one of the most powerful tugs in the Navy during her career.[1] Lykens was sold in 1934.
- ^ "SUBMARINE ASHORE, BUT IS REFLOATED" (PDF). The New York Times. 1921-05-01. p. 10. Retrieved 2008-03-03.