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Navy plan calls for former USS Daniel Webster tow through Charleston Harbor

August 21, 2026August 19, 2026 by Lowcountry Maritime Report

Harbor tugs guide MTS-626, the former USS Daniel Webster, on the Cooper River on Aug. 25, 2012. This archival image does not depict the planned August 2026 tow

Military Sealift Command planning documents call for the former USS Daniel Webster, now MTS-626, to be moved from Goose Creek down the Cooper River and through Charleston Harbor during a charter period that began Aug. 18.