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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --

Advance (Harbor Tug, 1912).
Served as USS Advance (ID # 3057, later YT-28) in 1918-1934

Advance, a 167 gross ton harbor tug, was built at Solomons Island, Maryland, in 1912. She was acquired by the Navy during World War I, commissioned in late July 1918 as USS Advance (ID # 3057) and served in the Norfolk, Virginia, area during and after the conflict. In mid-1920, when the Navy formally adopted hull numbers for its ships, she was designated YT-28. Laid up in June 1933 after some fifteen years of Navy service, USS Advance was sold in June 1934.

This page features our only views of the harbor tug Advance and of USS Advance (ID # 3057, later YT-28).

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Photo #: NH 100589 Advance (American Harbor Tug, 1912) Photographed prior to World War I. This tug became USS Advance (ID # 3057) in July 1918. She was retained in the post-war Navy and was redesignated YT-28. Advance was sold in 1934. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 36KB; 740 x 390 pixels
Photo #: NH 100576 USS Advance (YT-28) In dry dock, probably after World War I. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 465 pixels

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