CGC Navesink WYTM-88   Photo supplied by Albert Sugarman
Specifications Displacement 291 tons Langth 110' 6" Beam 24' Draft 10' 11" 2 McIntosh Seymore 6 Cylinder Diesel driving 2 GE Generators Electric GE 800 hp Main motor Speed, 11 knots Range, 1200 miles at 10 knots Crew compliment 1 Warrent, 19 men

 

Hull Number	Builder	Keel Laid	Launched	Commissioned	Disposition
WYTM-88	Charleston Navy Yard, SC		28 Sept 34	5 Jan 35	Decomm 30 Oct  68.  Sold  May 70

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After the Navesink's decommissioning (at some point) she was documented in 1982 as Sherman IX. Eventually while derelict and abandoned, she finally met the scrapper's torch in the winter of 2003-2004

The photo below shows her beached, between two other un-named tugs. Story and photo courtesy of Franz VonRiedel (Northeastern Maritime Historical Association).

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