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After a Pacific coast Shakedown cruise Pawnee was assigned to Service Force, Pacific. In December 1942, she steamed for Pearl Harbor and commenced towing operations. She stood out of Pearl Harbor in early January, steamed for the forward Pacific area with the floating drydock USS ARD–5 in tow, and reported to ComSoPac for duty the 29th at Espiritu Santo.
The first USS Pawnee was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.She was named for the Pawnee Indian tribe.. Pawnee was laid down in 1858 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 8 October 1859, sponsored by Miss Grace Tyler; and commissioned 11 June 1860, Commander H. J. Hartstene in command.
USS Pawnee (YT-21), a harbor tug from 1898 to 1922; USS Pawnee (SP-699), formerly named Monoloa II, a wooden hulled yacht used for minesweeping until 1921; SS Pawnee (SP-1685), was designated by the Navy on 28 February 1917; under consideration for use as a cargo vessel on the coast of France; purchase of this ship was canceled in 1918
Twenty-three United States Navy submarines are designated as memorials.. Albacore: Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Batfish: Muskogee, Oklahoma; Becuna: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...
List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), [ 1 ] although it does not include early vessels.
USS Pawnee (SP-699), later USS SP-699, formerly named Monoloa II, a wooden-hulled yacht, was built in 1904 by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts; purchased by the Navy on 26 June 1917 from Gordon Dexter of Beverly, Massachusetts; and commissioned on 1 July 1917. Pawnee subsequently had her name dropped in 1918 and was listed as SP–699.
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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 .