The first ''Dekanawida'' (YT-334/YTB-334) was a tug in the
United States Navy during
World War II.
The ship was built and delivered in 1904 by
Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the
U.S. Army as the
Mine planter USAMP ''Colonel George Armistead''.
''Armistead'' was sold by the U.S. Army
Mine Planter Service
The U.S. Army Mine Planter Service (AMPS) was an outgrowth of civilian crewed Army mine planter ships dating back to 1904. It was established on July 22, 1918 by War Department Bulletin 43 and placed the Mine Planter Service under the U.S. Army Co ...
in 1935 to Foss Towing and Barge Co., Portland, Oregon which renamed the ship ''Mary Foss''.
''Mary Foss'' was acquired by the
U.S. Navy 2 November 1942 and placed in service as ''Dekanawida''. She was employed in the
14th Naval District
The naval district was a U.S. Navy military and administrative command ashore. Apart from Naval District Washington, the Districts were disestablished and renamed Navy Regions about 1999, and are now under Commander, Naval Installations Command ...
, and on 15 May 1944 was reclassified ''YTB-334''. ''Dekanawida'' was stricken from the
Navy List on 8 May 1946, delivered to the
Maritime Commission for disposal, reacquired by
Foss Maritime and renamed as the ''Agnes Foss''.
[Not to be confused with the secon]
''Agnes Foss'' (1942)
That ship was also an ex-U.S. Army mine planter of the same name, the USAMP ''Col. George Armistead'' (MP-3) built in 1942. That ship became USS Barbican (ACM-5)
USS ''Barbican'' (ACM-5) was a in the United States Navy. ''Barbican'' was later commissioned in U.S. Coast Guard as USCGC ''Ivy'' (WLB / WAGL-329).
''Barbican'' was constructed as the Army Mine planter USAMP '' Col. George Armistead'' (MP-3) by ...
and then USCGC ''Ivy'' (WAGL 329) before itself being acquired by Foss Maritime as ''Agnes Foss''. After sale in 1972 to a buyer in the Philippines the ship was operated as ''Celtic''.
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Foss Maritime
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Mine planters of the United States Army
Tugs of the United States Navy
1904 ships