USS Kewaydin (AT-24)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 25 June 1919 |
| Commissioned | 4 November 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 10 December 1945 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Fate | Most likely scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 751 t.(lt) 1,000 t.(fl) |
| Length | 156 ft 8 in (47.75 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion steam |
| Speed | 12.4 kts |
| Complement | 35 |
| Armament | two 3 in (76 mm), two machine guns |
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USS Kewaydin (AT-24) was an Bagaduce-class fleet tug laid down for the U.S. Navy in the closing days of World War I and continued in operation throughout World War II.
Kewaydin (AT-24) was launched 25 June 1919 by Ferguson Steel & Iron Co., Buffalo, New York; accepted by the Navy 31 October, and commissioned as USS Kewaydin (Fleet Tug No. 24), 4 November 1919. She was redesignated Fleet Tug (AT-24), 17 July 1920, and on 14 May 1944, she was reclassified Fleet Tug Old, (ATO-24).