WILMOT, ROBERT W.

Registry and Rig Information

Name WILMOT, ROBERT W.
Registry U.S.
Official Number 11163
Rig Tug

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 132.33
Width 28.00
Depth 16.00
Gross Tonnage 407.00
Net Tonnage 277.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00122

Vessel History

History Purchased by U.S. Navy for service in Spanish-American War, on April 18, 1898. Served along East Coast, West Indies, Panama, Haiti and Caribbean. Designated AT-50 in July, 1920. Decommissioned at Norfolk, VA, on June 26, struck from register on July 31, and sold on December 1, all in 1922.
Disposition Removed from documentation in January, 1978, as \"abandoned.\"

Build Information

Builder Wheeler, F.W. Shipbuilding Co.
Place Built West Bay City, MI
Date Built 1897-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
POTOMAC1898-00-001920-00-00U.S.U.S. NAVY
POTOMAC (AT-50)1920-00-001922-00-00U.S.U.S. NAVY
WILMOT, ROBERT W.1922-00-001978-00-00U.S.11163

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Co.1922-00-001978-00-00U.S.11163
Ocean Towing & Wrecking Co.1897-00-001898-00-00U.S.11163
U.S. Navy1898-00-001922-00-00U.S.U.S. NAVY