View of Uncas at Recife Harbor with the outer quay at the bottom. Photo. www.navsource.org By James Logan
Displacement: 100 tons
Length 100 "
Beam: 25'
Draught: 10'
Speed: 12 kts
Complement: Officers 1
Enlisted 14
Propulsion: Single Diesel, Single propeller 1,000 SHP
The fourth Uncas (YTB-42)—formerly Susan Moran and Southwind was built at Orange, Tex., by the Levingston Shipbuilding Co. and acquired by the Navy on 21 March 1942. She operated actively as part of the Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, for the duration of World War II. Uncas served under Adm Ingram’s Fourth Fleet based at Recife Brazil.