USS Montauk (SP-1213)

USS Montauk (SP-1213) was a tugboat purchased by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was assigned to towing duties in New York City waterways. Post-war she was decommissioned and sold.

USS Montauk (SP-1213) photographed during the World War I era.
History
United States
Name:	USS Montauk
Namesake:	A village and fishing resort on Long Island, New York, near Montauk Point, the eastern extremity of New York.
Owner:	Luckenbach Steamship Company
Builder:	Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down:	date unknown
Christened:	as Luckenbach No. 3
Completed:	1899
Acquired:	by the Navy 12 October 1917
Commissioned:	6 December 1917
Decommissioned:	December 1919
Stricken:	c. December 1919
Homeport:	New York City
Fate:	sold 21 May 1920 to the Bisso Towing Company
General characteristics
Type:	Tugboat
Displacement:	424 tons
Length:	134' 6"
Beam:	26'
Draft:	16'
Propulsion:	steam engine
Speed:	11.5 knots
Complement:	40 officers and enlisted
Armament:	One 3-inch gun Two machine guns

History

The third ship to be so named by the U.S. Navy, Montauk (SP 1213), ex-Luckenbach No. 3, was built in 1899 by Neafie & Levy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; purchased by the Navy from the Luckenbach S.S. Company, 12 October 1917; and commissioned 6 December 1917.

Assigned to the 3d Naval District, the 434 gross ton tug operated out of New York City as a seagoing tug until 6 December 1919. Decommissioned the same month, Montauk was sold 21 May 1920 to the Bisso Towing Co.

See also

• U.S. Navy
• World War I

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• USS Montauk (SP-1213), 1917-1920. Originally the Civilian tug Luckenbach # 3