 USS "Wandank" (Fleet Tug No.26) was laid down on 7 April 1919 at Buffalo, New York, by the Ferguson Steel and Iron Company.She was launched on 21 October 1919 and commissioned on 23 March 1920 with Boatswain O. Rhode in temporary command, pending turnover of command to Lieutenant S. J. Drellishak in April 1920.