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Class of U.S. Navy rescue tugboats
Sotoyomo-class fleet tugboat USS Tillamook
Class overview
NameSotoyomo class
Operators
Preceded byCherokee class
Succeeded byATA-214 class
Built1943-1945
Completed49
Active5 (foreign)
Lost2
Retired41
Preserved2
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Displacement
  • 534 long tons (543 t) light
  • 835 long tons (848 t) full
Length143 ft (44 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion2 × 12-278A diesel-electric engines, 1 × gears, 1 × screw, 1,200shp
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement45
Armament

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.

Ships

United States

Ship name Hull number Builder Commissioned Decommissioned Fate
Sotoyomo ATA-121 Levingston Shipbuilding Company 29 May 1943 1 July 1955 Transferred to Mexico, June 1963; fate unknown
n/a ATA-122 10 June 1943 Unknown Transferred to Chile, 19 September 1947; decommissioned in 1991 and transferred to Uruguay, 1992; fate unknown
Iuka ATA-123 30 June 1943 26 November 1947 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; sold for scrap, 2 December 1996
n/a ATA-124 24 July 1943 6 May 1947 Sold for scrap, 13 June 1979
n/a ATA-125 12 August 1943 Unknown Sold to a commercial interest, 24 December 1945; sunk as a target, 1985
ATA-126 through ATA-130 leased to the United Kingdom under the terms of the Lend-Lease.
n/a ATA-170 Gulfport Shipbuilding Corporation 7 December 1943 Unknown Transferred to Greece, 1947; scrapped, 1990
n/a ATA-171 1943 n/a Sunk, 12 April 1944
n/a ATA-172 23 February 1944 Unknown Sold to a commercial interest, 1947; fate unknown
n/a ATA-173 12 April 1944 Unknown Sold to a commercial interest; fate unknown
Wateree ATA-174 Levingston Shipbuilding Company 20 July 1944 14 March 1955 Transferred to Peru, 1 November 1961; fate unknown
Sonoma ATA-175 3 August 1944 8 November 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; scrapped, 1989
Tonkawa ATA-176 19 August 1944 8 May 1956 Transferred to Taiwan, April 1962; fate unknown
n/a ATA-177 2 September 1944 Unknown Transferred to Chile, 29 September 1947; fate unknown
Tunica ATA-178 15 September 1944 23 September 1947 Sunk as a target, 29 January 1999
Allegheny ATA-179 22 September 1944 14 December 1968 Sold to a commercial interest, 1969; currently active in Puerto Rico
n/a ATA-180 27 September 1944 Unknown Scrapped
Accokeek ATA-181 7 October 1944 29 June 1972 Sunk as artificial reef, 20 February 1987
Unadilla ATA-182 16 October 1944 22 July 1955 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; scrapped, 1996
Nottoway ATA-183 26 October 1944 22 October 1946 Fate unknown
Kalmia ATA-184 6 November 1944 1 July 1971 Transferred to Colombia, 31 October 1977; fate unknown
Koka ATA-185 16 November 1944 1971 Sold to a commercial interest, 1971; sunk as a breakwater, date unknown
Cahokia ATA-186 24 November 1944 Unknown Transferred to Taiwan, 1 May 1976; fate unknown
Salish ATA-187 7 December 1944 10 February 1972 Transferred to Argentina, 10 February 1972; decommissioned and currently awaiting disposal
Penobscot ATA-188 12 December 1944 1971 Sold to a commercial interest; fate unknown
Reindeer ATA-189 20 December 1944 29 August 1947 Fate unknown
Samoset ATA-190 1 January 1945 12 September 1969 Fate unknown
n/a ATA-191 12 January 1945 1946 Fate unknown
Tillamook ATA-192 23 January 1945 1 July 1971 Fate unknown
Stallion ATA-193 1 February 1945 October 1969 Transferred to the Dominican Republic, 30 October 1980; currently active
Bagaduce ATA-194 14 February 1944 31 May 1979 Sold to a commercial interest, 1980; currently a bed and breakfast
Tatnuck ATA-195 26 February 1945 1 July 1971 Sold to a commercial interest, 1979; fate unknown
Mahopac ATA-196 6 March 1945 Unknown Fate unknown
Sunnadin ATA-197 15 March 1945 20 November 1969 Fate unknown
Keosanqua ATA-198 19 March 1945 25 May 1956 Transferred to South Korea, 1 February 1962; fate unknown
Undaunted ATA-199 Gulfport Shipbuilding Corporation 29 October 1944 1947 Sold to a commercial interest, 1998; currently active
n/a ATA-200 31 October 1944 Unknown Run aground, 15 August 1965; declared a total loss
Challenge ATA-201 15 September 1944 23 December 1947 Sold to a commercial interest, 1978; currently active
Wampanoag ATA-202 8 December 1944 30 January 1980 Operational museum ship
Navigator ATA-203 1 January 1945 20 October 1946 Sunk as a target, date unknown
Wandank ATA-204 18 January 1945 1 July 1971 Sunk as a target, 1979
Sciota ATA-205 30 January 1945 January 1947 Fate unknown
Pinola ATA-206 10 February 1945 6 April 1956 Transferred to South Korea, 2 February 1962; fate unknown
Geronimo ATA-207 1 March 1945 19 September 1947 Transferred to Taiwan, 1968; fate unknown
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
Umpqua ATA-209 2 April 1945 1 July 1971 Transferred to Colombia, 1 July 1971; run aground, 1975 and later scrapped
Catawba ATA-210 18 April 1945 Unknown Sunk during storm, 1998; later recovered and resunk as a target, 2017
Navajo ATA-211 3 May 1945 10 April 1962 Sold to a commercial interest, 1963; currently active
Algorma ATA-212 21 May 1945 20 December 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; fate unknown
Keywadin ATA-213 1 June 1945 30 June 1970 Sunk as a target, 3 June 2001

United Kingdom

Ship name Hull number Commissioned Decommissioned Fate
Favourite BAT-3 15 June 1942 27 March 1946 Scrapped, 1993
Integrity BAT-4 15 July 1942 19 February 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 February 1948; fate unknown
Lariat BAT-5 10 August 1942 19 February 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 17 September 1946; fate unknown

See also

References

  1. UN Navy, Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal, by Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin, page 206
  2. navsource.org, Sotoyomo
  3. shipbuildinghistory.com Tugboats list
  4. "USS Sotoyomo (ATA-121)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. "USS ATA-122". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. "USS Iuka (ATA-123)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. "USS ATA-124". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. "USS ATA-125". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. "HMRT Mindful (W-135)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. "USS ATA-170". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  11. "USS ATA-171". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  12. "USS ATA-172". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  13. "USS ATA-173". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  14. "USNS Wateree (T-ATA-174)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  15. "USS Sonoma (ATA-175)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  16. "USNS Tonkawa (T-ATA-176)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  17. "USS ATA-177". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  18. "USS Tunica (ATA-178)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  19. ^ "Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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