Luckenbach Number 4 (Tug, 1913)
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[1]Luckenbach # 4, a 405 gross ton harbor tug built at Camden, New Jersey in 1913, was acquired by the Navy in October 1917. Renamed Nahant and given the registry number SP-1250, she was placed in commission at the beginning of December 1917 and served on tug duties in the New York Harbor area for the rest of World War I and into the early post-war era. Nahant was decommissioned in early 1920 and transferred to the New York City Police Department. They renamed her Service Number 3 and later John F. Harlan. The tug was returned to the Navy in 1928 and sold in December of that year.
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