Tybee

Tybee
(Str.: t. 28; 1. 63'; b. 11'8"; dph. 7'; dr. 5'; cpl. 5; a. none)

Tybee-a steam launch built for the United States Revenue Cutter Service by J. H. Dialogue and Son, of Camden, N.J., and completed late in 1895—was delivered to the Revenue Cutter Service on 19 November 1895. Three days later, she sailed for Savannah, Ga. where, after a voyage which touched at Baltimore, Md. Norfolk, Va.; Beaufort, N.C.; and Charleston, S.C., she arrived on 21 January 1896.

She conducted local operations at Savannah through the turn of the century and, on occasion, patrolled regattas staged in the Savannah area. After the United States entered World War I on 6 April 1917, Tybee was taken over by the Navy and served on local patrol duties out of Savannah for the duration of hostilities. She was returned to the Treasury Department on 28 August 1919.

Assigned to the gulf division on 11 October 1920 Tybee was subsequently assigned a permanent station at Savannah on 1 January 1923. She lost the name Tybee on 6 November of the same year and was reclassified and named AB-15. She alternated bases between Norfolk and Savannah for the remainder of her career. She was condemned on 23 June 1930 and sold to D. E. Little of Jacksonville, Fla., on 26 September 1930.