History
United States
Name	USS Pawnee
Builder	Rodermund & Co., Tomkins Cove, New York
Launched	1896, as John Dwight
Acquired	by purchase, 6 May 1898
Commissioned	6 May 1898
Decommissioned	24 March 1922
Fate	Sold, 25 July 1922
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	275 long tons (279 t)
Length	122 ft (37 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	7 ft (2.1 m)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

USS Pawnee (YT-21) was a yard tug in the United States Navy.

Pawnee was built in 1896 by Rodermund & Co. at Tomkins Cove, New York, as the steam lighter John Dwight. The U.S. Navy purchased her on 6 May 1898 from George T. Moon and commissioned her the same day as USS Pawnee.

Pawnee was assigned to the 3rd Naval District and operated as a harbor tug at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, throughout her career. On 9 April 1910 she had a minor collision with the steamer Bloomsburg ( United States) off the New York Navy Yard, resulting in no damage to either vessel.^[1]

Pawnee decommissioned on 24 March 1922. She was sold on 25 July 1922 to Seabury & DeZafra, Inc., of New York City.

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

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