USS Active (1898-1930, 1942-45)

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USS Active, a 296-ton tug, was built for commercial use at San Francisco, California, in 1888. The Navy acquired her in April 1898 while preparing for the Spanish-American War. She was renamed USS Lively in 1918 and remained in service on the U.S. west coast until decommissioned in 1926.

Lively was sold in 1930, when she again became a commercial tug. Chartered for World War II Navy service in March 1942 and designated YT-323 (YTM-323 from 1944), she operated in west coast and Alaskan waters. At the end of the War, the tug was returned to her owners. She was finally scrapped in 1963.

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