USS Challenge (No. 1015)

USS Challenge (No. 1015) was a commercial tugboat acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War I and remained available for duty during World War II.

Challenge (No. 1015) was built in 1889 by J. H. Dialogue and Sons, Camden, New Jersey, as the tug Defiance; commandeered by the Navy 13 June 1918; delivered 24 June; outfitted at Mare Island Navy Yard; and commissioned 29 July 1918, Lieutenant M. J. Downes, USNRF, in command. She was renamed Challenge 15 August 1918.

World War I related activity

Challenge towed oil barges between California and Mexico until 31 May 1920, when she arrived at Bremerton, Washington, for duty under the 13th Naval District. She served as a harbor tug at Puget Sound Navy Yard until decommissioned 13 May 1922. Recommissioned and reclassified AT-59 on 21 February 1925, Challenge resumed duty as a yard tug at Puget Sound. On 31 January 1936, she was reclassified YT-126; on 2 December 1940, decommissioned and placed "in service"; reclassified YTM-126 on 13 April 1944; and on 16 October 1946, transferred to the Maritime Commission.

References

See also

* List of United States Navy ships
* World War I
* World War II
* Patrol boat

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]