USS Mariner (1906)
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NameUSS Mariner
Completed1906
Acquired1 February 1918
Commissioned1 February 1918
 Tug Mariner photographed prior to 1917, while still in civilian service. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Mariner |
| Completed | 1906 |
| Acquired | 1 February 1918 |
| Commissioned | 1 February 1918 |
| Fate | Returned to her owner, 13 January 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Displacement | 234 long tons (238 t) |
| Length | 113 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Propulsion | steam engine |
| Speed | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 23 |
| Armament | 2 × 1-pounder guns |
USS Mariner was a commercial tugboat operating in the Panama Canal area. When World War I broke out, she was commissioned and armed by the United States Navy, and spent the rest of the war protecting vessels in the vicinity of the canal from German submarines.
