USS Wandank (AT-26)

26) was laid down on 7 April 1919 at Buffalo, New York, by the Ferguson Steel and Iron Company.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Wandank operated out of Norfolk, Virginia, until decommissioned on 31 March 1922.

Recommissioned on 8 May 1922, Wandank resumed the provision of tug services out of Norfolk for the United States Atlantic Fleet in the Hampton Roads-Virginia Capes area.

Wandank was transferred to Boston, Massachusetts, on 8 October 1940 for special duty in the 1st Naval District.

Decommissioned on 20 September 1946 and struck from the Navy List on 13 November 1946, Wandank was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 17 July 1947 and simultaneously delivered to W. A. Bisso of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Wandalk (left) and submarine rescue vessel USS Falcon (ASR-2) during operations to rescue the crew of sunken submarine USS Squalus (SS-192) ca. 24 May 1939. The McCann Rescue Chamber is on Falcon ' s after deck.