UNCAS YT 110

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Uncas Class Fleet Tug
Built 1893 as "WALTER A. LUCKENBACH"
Acquired by U.S. Navy April 2 1898


1. USS UNCAS Fleet Tug No. 51
   Commissioned April 6 1898
   
   
2. USS UNCAS AT-51
   Designated Fleet Tug (AT) July 17 1920
   
   
3. USS UNCAS YT-110
   Reclassified Yard Tug (YT) June 10 1921
   Decommissioned June 6 1922
   
   Struck from Naval Register March 14 1922
   Sold, 25 July 1922, to Wood Towing Corp., Norfolk, VA. and renamed "SS Joseph D. Wood"
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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No Postmarks Reported
Post Office Established Dec 17, 1918 - Post Office Disestablished May 14, 1919

 

Locy Type 1(C) Navy Yard / SC (Charleston SC)

1910-03-29

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Real Photo postcard of the crew onboard the ship. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 1(C) Navy Yard / SC (Charleston SC)

1910-03-29

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Back side of the Real Photo postcard. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Other Information

USS UNCAS earned the Spanish Campaign Medal and the World War I Victory Medal (with Atlantic Fleet clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Uncas (c. 1588 - 1682)
Uncas was a Native American who was a member of the Pequots by birth, but in 1634 rebelled against their chief, Sassacus. He was expelled from the tribe and gathered together a number of other alienated Pequots and formed the Mohegan Tribe with himself as chief. He was known as Le Cerf Agile ("The Bounding Elk").

 

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