Bagaduce-class tugboat explained

The Bagaduce class was a class of United States Navy fleet tugs. The first ship of the class, was laid down on 16 July 1918 at Buffalo, New York, by the Ferguson Steel and Iron Company. She was briefly named Ammonoosuc in February 1919, renamed Bagaduce on 24 February 1919, launched 5 April 1919, and commissioned at Buffalo on 18 September 1919.^[1] The Bagaduce was constructed as part of the World War I shipbuilding program, and was the first of 19 new steel tugs designed to serve as minesweepers and conduct heavy-duty towing work at navy yards.^[1]

Ships

Ship name	Hull number	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
	AT-20	8 June 1918	31 August 1946	Sold to a commercial interest, 24 December 1947; scrapped, 1953
	AT-21	18 September 1919	22 June 1946	Fate unknown
	AT-22	13 June 1919	10 April 1946	Destroyed, 10 April 1946
	AT-23	18 November 1919	15 May 1946	Sold to a commercial interest, 21 January 1947; fate unknown
	AT-24	4 November 1919	10 December 1945	Fate unknown
	AT-25	6 December 1919	24 May 1946	Sold to a commercial interest, 4 December 1946; fate unknown
	AT-26	23 March 1920	20 September 1946	Sold to a commercial interest, 20 September 1945; fate unknown
	AT-27	26 July 1919	12 September 1946	Sold to a commercial interest, 26 April 1947; fate unknown
	AT-28	20 October 1919	4 April 1946	Sold for scrap, 15 January 1947
	AT-29	20 October 1919	12 September 1946	Fate unknown
	AT-30	13 November 1919	16 January 1946	Fate unknown
	AT-31	18 February 1920	n/a	Ran aground, 7 December 1937; later sank
	AT-32	5 December 1919	n/a	Scuttled to avoid capture, 8 April 1942
	AT-33	7 February 1920	31 January 1946	Fate unknown
	AT-24	15 May 1920	18 June 1946	Sold to a commercial interest, 23 December 1946; fate unknown
	AT-35	30 June 1920	26 July 1946	Fate unknown
	AT-36	20 August 1920	27 November 1933	Sold to the Royal Navy, 1940; commissioned as HMS Sea Giant (W-125); decommissioned, 1946; fate unknown
	AT-37	29 October 1920	15 August 1946	Sold to a commercial interest, 18 December 1947; fate unknown
	AT-38	9 December 1920	6 May 1946	Sold to a commercial interest, 11 July 1947; scrapped, 1968
	AT-39	19 January 1921	24 May 1946	Fate unknown

See also

• Sotoyomo-class fleet tug
• Type V ship - Tugs
• List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

Notes and References

1. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bagaduce-i.html USS Bagaduce (AT-21) at the Navy History and Heritage Command