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Allaquippa (YT-174)

1941-1973

The name of a Native American woman who served as a leader (sachem) in the Delaware tribe around the middle of the 18th century. She lived in what is now Allegheny County, Pa. It is said that a small Delaware village located nearby carried her name.

(YT-174: displacement 206; length 102'2"; beam 24'0"; draft 10'0"; speed 12.0 knots (trial); compllement 15; class Allaquippa)

Allaquippa, built in 1941 at Port Arthur, Texas, by the Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, was purchased by the Navy on 15 June 1941 from the General Motors Corp., and placed in service in August 1941 as the harbor tug Allaquippa (YT-174). 

Assigned to the Third Naval District, Allaquippa operated from New London, Conn., through the end of World War II, during which time, on 15 May 1944, she was reclassified as a big harbor tug and redesignated YTB-174. For a decade after the return of peace, the harbor tug continued to serve in the Third Naval District. In September 1955, Allaquippa was reassigned to the First Naval District. In February 1962, she was reclassified as a medium harbor tug and redesignated YTM-174.

The tug served in New England waters until the spring of 1969 when she was transferred to the Fifth Naval District. For the remainder of her active career, Allaquippa operated around Norfolk, Va. She was placed out of service sometime during the first half of 1973, and her name was stricken from the Naval Vessel  Register in June 1973. 

Purportedly, she was documented as Herman W. in 1976, and, subsequently, as Arctic Ann, and met her uiltimate end, sinking in Alaskan waters, on 12 January 1995.

Updated, Robert J. Cressman

6 June 2022

Published: Mon Jun 06 17:23:04 EDT 2022