USS Pawnee (YT-21)

USS Pawnee (YT-21) was a yard tug in the United States Navy.

Pawnee was built in 1896 by Rodermund & Co., Tomkins Cove, New York, as the steam lighter John Dwight; purchased by the Navy on 6 May 1898 from George T. Moon, and commissioned the same day.

She was assigned to the 3rd Naval District and operated as a harbor tug at the New York Navy Yard until she decommissioned on 24 March 1922. Pawnee was sold on 25 July 1922 to Seabury & DeZafra, Inc., New York City.