The Sotoyomo-class tugboats were a class of United States Navy rescue tugboats. The lead ship was USS Sotoyomo, laid down in September 1942. Designed as "rescue tugs", the class consisted of forty-nine ships, classified as auxiliaries. Sotoyomo commemorates a part of the Sioux tribe.[1][2][3]
![]() Sotoyomo-class fleet tugboat USS Tillamook | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Sotoyomo class |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Cherokee class |
Succeeded by | ATA-214 class |
Built | 1943-1945 |
Completed | 49 |
Active | 5 (foreign) |
Lost | 2 |
Retired | 41 |
Preserved | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tugboat |
Displacement | |
Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 12-278A diesel-electric engines, 1 × gears, 1 × screw, 1,200shp |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 45 |
Armament |
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Ships
United States
Ship name | Hull number | Builder | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Sotoyomo | ATA-121 | Levingston Shipbuilding Company | 29 May 1943 | 1 July 1955 | Transferred to Mexico, June 1963; fate unknown[4] |
n/a | ATA-122 | 10 June 1943 | Unknown | Transferred to Chile, 19 September 1947; decommissioned in 1991 and transferred to Uruguay, 1992; fate unknown[5] | |
Iuka | ATA-123 | 30 June 1943 | 26 November 1947 | Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; sold for scrap, 2 December 1996[6] | |
n/a | ATA-124 | 24 July 1943 | 6 May 1947 | Sold for scrap, 13 June 1979[7] | |
n/a | ATA-125 | 12 August 1943 | Unknown | Sold to a commercial interest, 24 December 1945; sunk as a target, 1985[8] | |
ATA-126 through ATA-130 leased to the United Kingdom under the terms of the Lend-Lease.[9] | |||||
n/a | ATA-170 | Gulfport Shipbuilding Corporation | 7 December 1943 | Unknown | Transferred to Greece, 1947; scrapped, 1990[10] |
n/a | ATA-171 | 1943 | n/a | Sunk, 12 April 1944[11] | |
n/a | ATA-172 | 23 February 1944 | Unknown | Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; fate unknown[12] | |
n/a | ATA-173 | 12 April 1944 | Unknown | Sold to a commercial interest; fate unknown[13] | |
Wateree | ATA-174 | Levingston Shipbuilding Company | 20 July 1944 | 14 March 1955 | Transferred to Peru, 1 November 1961; fate unknown[14] |
Sonoma | ATA-175 | 3 August 1944 | 8 November 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; scrapped, 1989[15] | |
Tonkawa | ATA-176 | 19 August 1944 | 8 May 1956 | Transferred to Taiwan, April 1962; fate unknown[16] | |
n/a | ATA-177 | 2 September 1944 | Unknown | Transferred to Chile, 29 September 1947; fate unknown[17] | |
Tunica | ATA-178 | 15 September 1944 | 23 September 1947 | Sunk as a target, 29 January 1999[18] | |
Allegheny | ATA-179 | 22 September 1944 | 14 December 1968 | Sold to a commercial interest, 1969; currently active in Puerto Rico[19] | |
n/a | ATA-180 | 27 September 1944 | Unknown | Scrapped[19] | |
Accokeek | ATA-181 | 7 October 1944 | 29 June 1972 | Sunk as artificial reef, 20 February 1987[19] | |
Unadilla | ATA-182 | 16 October 1944 | 22 July 1955 | Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; scrapped, 1996[19] | |
Nottoway | ATA-183 | 26 October 1944 | 22 October 1946 | Fate unknown[19] | |
Kalmia | ATA-184 | 6 November 1944 | 1 July 1971 | Transferred to Colombia, 31 October 1977; fate unknown[19] | |
Koka | ATA-185 | 16 November 1944 | 1971 | Sold to a commercial interest, 1971; sunk as a breakwater, date unknown[19] | |
Cahokia | ATA-186 | 24 November 1944 | Unknown | Transferred to Taiwan, 1 May 1976; fate unknown[19] | |
Salish | ATA-187 | 7 December 1944 | 10 February 1972 | Transferred to Argentina, 10 February 1972; decommissioned and currently awaiting disposal[19] | |
Penobscot | ATA-188 | 12 December 1944 | 1971 | Sold to a commercial interest; fate unknown[19] | |
Reindeer | ATA-189 | 20 December 1944 | 29 August 1947 | Fate unknown[19] | |
Samoset | ATA-190 | 1 January 1945 | 12 September 1969 | Fate unknown[19] | |
n/a | ATA-191 | 12 January 1945 | 1946 | Fate unknown[19] | |
Tillamook | ATA-192 | 23 January 1945 | 1 July 1971 | Fate unknown[19] | |
Stallion | ATA-193 | 1 February 1945 | October 1969 | Transferred to the Dominican Republic, 30 October 1980; currently active[19] | |
Bagaduce | ATA-194 | 14 February 1944 | 31 May 1979 | Sold to a commercial interest, 1980; currently a bed and breakfast[19] | |
Tatnuck | ATA-195 | 26 February 1945 | 1 July 1971 | Sold to a commercial interest, 1979; fate unknown[19] | |
Mahopac | ATA-196 | 6 March 1945 | Unknown | Fate unknown[19] | |
Sunnadin | ATA-197 | 15 March 1945 | 20 November 1969 | Fate unknown[19] | |
Keosanqua | ATA-198 | 19 March 1945 | 25 May 1956 | Transferred to South Korea, 1 February 1962; fate unknown[19] | |
Undaunted | ATA-199 | Gulfport Shipbuilding Corporation | 29 October 1944 | 1947 | Sold to a commercial interest, 1998; currently active[19] |
n/a | ATA-200 | 31 October 1944 | Unknown | Run aground, 15 August 1965; declared a total loss[19] | |
Challenge | ATA-201 | 15 September 1944 | 23 December 1947 | Sold to a commercial interest, 1978; currently active[19] | |
Wampanoag | ATA-202 | 8 December 1944 | 30 January 1980 | Operational museum ship[19] | |
Navigator | ATA-203 | 1 January 1945 | 20 October 1946 | Sunk as a target, date unknown[19] | |
Wandank | ATA-204 | 18 January 1945 | 1 July 1971 | Sunk as a target, 1979[19] | |
Sciota | ATA-205 | 30 January 1945 | January 1947 | Fate unknown[19] | |
Pinola | ATA-206 | 10 February 1945 | 6 April 1956 | Transferred to South Korea, 2 February 1962; fate unknown[19] | |
Geronimo | ATA-207 | 1 March 1945 | 19 September 1947 | Transferred to Taiwan, 1968; fate unknown[19] | |
Sagamore | ATA-208 | 19 March 1945 | 1 February 1972 | Transferred to the Dominican Republic, 1 February 1972; returned to the U.S., 15 September 1979; sold for scrap, 12 January 1994[19] | |
Umpqua | ATA-209 | 2 April 1945 | 1 July 1971 | Transferred to Colombia, 1 July 1971; run aground, 1975 and later scrapped[19] | |
Catawba | ATA-210 | 18 April 1945 | Unknown | Sunk during storm, 1998; later recovered and resunk as a target, 2017[19] | |
Navajo | ATA-211 | 3 May 1945 | 10 April 1962 | Sold to a commercial interest, 1963; currently active[19] | |
Algorma | ATA-212 | 21 May 1945 | 20 December 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; fate unknown[19] | |
Keywadin | ATA-213 | 1 June 1945 | 30 June 1970 | Sunk as a target, 3 June 2001[19] |
United Kingdom
Ship name | Hull number | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Favourite | BAT-3 | 15 June 1942 | 27 March 1946 | Scrapped, 1993[19] |
Integrity | BAT-4 | 15 July 1942 | 19 February 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 13 February 1948; fate unknown[19] |
Lariat | BAT-5 | 10 August 1942 | 19 February 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 17 September 1946; fate unknown[19] |
See also
References
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