History
United States
Name	USS Narkeeta
Builder	City Point Iron Works, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	April 1891
Launched	11 February 1892
Acquired	12 March 1892
Commissioned	14 April 1892
Decommissioned	April 1923
Reclassified	YT-3, 17 July 1920
Fate	Sold, 28 October 1926
General characteristics
Class and type	Wahneta-class tugboat
Length	92 ft 6 in (28.19 m)
Beam	21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement	9

The first USS Narkeeta (YT-3), was known as Steam Tug #3. She was laid down in April 1891 by the City Point Iron Works, Boston, Massachusetts; launched on 11 February 1892; accepted by the Navy at the Navy Yard, Boston, on 12 March 1892; and commissioned 14 April 1892.

Narkeeta, a two-masted steel tug, served the Navy, performing seemingly mundane, but all important, towing and tugging services, until 1923. Operating primarily in the New York area, she aided in the efficient movement of larger vessels in and out of that congested port during two wars, the Spanish–American War and World War I. Decommissioned in April 1923, she remained at New York until sold on 28 October 1926, to Joseph F. O'Boyle.

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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