Category:Goliah (tugboat, 1883)

Ship edit

• Type: Steam tugboat, later diesel
• Built by: William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia
• Yard No: 232
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1882.11.12
• Completed: 1883
• Length over all: 116 ft
• Beam: 21.0 ft
• GT: 177
• DWT:
• www.navsource.org
• shipbuildinghistory.com

History edit

• 1883 Named George W. Pride, Jr.; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 85762
  • Port: Philadelphia
  • Owner: George W. Pride & Co.
• 1888 Owner: John D. Spreckels & Brothers Co., San Francisco
• 1898.04 Renamed USS Vigilant; Flag: United States
  • Owner: U.S. Navy
• 1920.07 Renamed USS Vigilant (YT-25); Flag: United States
  • Owner: U.S. Navy
• 1928.04 Renamed Goliah; Flag: United States
  • Converted to diesel tug
  • Port: Seattle
  • Owner: Cary-Davis Tug and Barge Co.
• 1959 Scrapped in Seattle