YTM 323

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Steam Tug Built by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA Completed for J. D. Spreckels and Brothers Co. as steam tug ACTIVE 1888 Purchased by the Navy 12 April 1898 Converted for naval service at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA USS ACTIVE Commissioned 06 July 1898 USS LIVELY Renamed 11 April 1918 USS LIVELY YT-14 Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-14) 17 July 1920 Foundered at berth 20 April 1926 - Decommissioned 16 August 1926 Struck from the Naval Register 24 August 1929 Sold for commercial service 11 February 1930 Rebuilt at Seattle and placed in merchant service as Active 1934 Reacquired by the Navy at Seattle under bareboat charter 2 March 1942 Designated as the unnamed District Harbor Tug YT-323 Converted for naval service by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA YT-323 Placed in service 30 April 1942 YTM-323 Reclassified as District Harbor Tug Medium (YTM) 15 May 1944 Placed out of service 6 August 1945 Struck from the Navy Register 1 September 1945 Returned to her owners, Puget Sound Tug and Barge Co., and resumed merchant service Final Disposition - scrapped 1963

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Locy Type 8 Vallejo, CA Mare Island Naval Branch

1919-03-07

Designated as a District Harbor Tug (YT-14) the following year. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS LIVELY / YTM-323 earned the World War I Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

There has been five ships of the US Navy that have borne the name ACTIVE - USS Active (1779 Brigantine-rigged Packet), USS Active (1837 Schooner), USS Active (Harbor Tug),
USS Active (1917 Motorboat) and USS Active YT-112.

 

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