USS Challenge (ID-1015)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Challenge.
USS Challenge (AT-59) Off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, on 14 February 1921.
History
NameDefiance
BuilderJ. H. Dialogue and Sons, Camden, New Jersey
Completed1899
FateCommandeered by United States Navy 13 June 1918
United States
NameUSS Defiance
Acquired13 June 1918
Commissioned29 July 1918
RenamedUSS Challenge, 15 August 1918
IdentificationHull number: SP-1015
Decommissioned13 May 1922
Recommissioned21 February 1925
Decommissioned2 December 1940
In service2 December 1940
Out of service16 October 1946
Reclassified
  • AT-59, 21 February 1925
  • YT-126 (Yard Tug), 31 January 1936
  • YTM-126 (Medium Harbor Tug), 13 April 1944
FateTransferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 16 October 1946
General characteristics
TypeTug
Displacement246 long tons (250 t)
Length122 ft (37 m)
Beam22 ft 2 in (6.76 m)
Draft12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × oil-burning steam engine, 750 shp (559 kW)
  • 1 × auxiliary engine
  • 1 shaft
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement31
Armament2 × 3-pounder guns

USS Challenge (SP-1015/AT-59/YT-126/YTM-126) was a commercial tugboat the operated primarily on the United States West Coast. The vessel was acquired by the United States Navy for service in World War I, and remained available for duty during World War II. Constructed in 1899 as the tugboat Defiance, the vessel was commandeered by the Navy on 29 July 1918 as USS Defiance. The vessel was renamed USS Challenge on 15 August 1918. and served until laid up for disposal in 1946.

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