USS Nauset (AT–89) was a Navajo class tug in the United States Navy Nauset was laid down 10 August 1942 by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia; launched 7 September 1942; and commissioned 2 March 1943. Lt. Edwin Lee Reel SR. was the senior surviving officer. Of her wartime complement of 113, 18 were known dead or missing and 41 suffered severe injuries. Nauset received two battle stars for her brief service in World War II.