Sotoyomo-class tugboat explained

The Sotoyomo-class tugboats were a class of United States Navy rescue tugboats. The lead ship was, 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]

Ships

United States

Ship nameHull numberBuilderCommissionedDecommissionedFate
ATA-121 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]
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 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]
ATA-174 20 July 1944 14 March 1955 Transferred to Peru, 1 November 1961; fate unknown[14]
ATA-175 3 August 1944 8 November 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; scrapped, 1989[15]
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]
ATA-178 15 September 1944 23 September 1947 Sunk as a target, 29 January 1999[18]
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[20]
ATA-181 7 October 1944 29 June 1972 Sunk as artificial reef, 20 February 1987[21]
ATA-182 16 October 1944 22 July 1955 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; scrapped, 1996[22]
ATA-183 26 October 1944 22 October 1946 Fate unknown[23]
Kalmia ATA-184 6 November 1944 1 July 1971 Transferred to Colombia, 31 October 1977; fate unknown[24]
Koka ATA-185 16 November 1944 1971 Sold to a commercial interest, 1971; sunk as a breakwater, date unknown[25]
ATA-186 24 November 1944 Unknown Transferred to Taiwan, 1 May 1976; fate unknown[26]
ATA-187 7 December 1944 10 February 1972 Transferred to Argentina, 10 February 1972; decommissioned and currently awaiting disposal[27]
ATA-188 12 December 1944 1971 Sold to a commercial interest; fate unknown[28]
ATA-189 20 December 1944 29 August 1947 Fate unknown[29]
ATA-190 1 January 1945 12 September 1969 Fate unknown[30]
n/a ATA-191 12 January 1945 1946 Fate unknown[31]
ATA-192 23 January 1945 1 July 1971 Fate unknown[32]
ATA-193 1 February 1945 October 1969 Transferred to the Dominican Republic, 30 October 1980; currently active[33]
ATA-194 14 February 1944 31 May 1979 Sold to a commercial interest, 1980; currently a bed and breakfast[34]
ATA-195 26 February 1945 1 July 1971 Sold to a commercial interest, 1979; fate unknown[35]
ATA-196 6 March 1945 Unknown Fate unknown[36]
ATA-197 15 March 1945 20 November 1969 Fate unknown[37]
ATA-198 19 March 1945 25 May 1956 Transferred to South Korea, 1 February 1962; fate unknown[38]
ATA-199 29 October 1944 1947 Sold to a commercial interest, 1998; currently active[39]
n/a ATA-200 31 October 1944 Unknown Run aground, 15 August 1965; declared a total loss[40]
ATA-201 15 September 1944 23 December 1947 Sold to a commercial interest, 1978; currently active[41]
ATA-202 8 December 1944 30 January 1980 Operational museum ship[42]
ATA-203 1 January 1945 20 October 1946 Sunk as a target, date unknown[43]
ATA-204 18 January 1945 1 July 1971 Sunk as a target, 1979[44]
ATA-205 30 January 1945 January 1947 Fate unknown[45]
ATA-206 10 February 1945 6 April 1956 Transferred to South Korea, 2 February 1962; fate unknown[46]
ATA-207 1 March 1945 19 September 1947 Transferred to Taiwan, 1968; fate unknown[47]
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[48]
ATA-209 2 April 1945 1 July 1971 Transferred to Colombia, 1 July 1971; run aground, 1975 and later scrapped[49]
ATA-210 18 April 1945 Unknown Sunk during storm, 1998; later recovered and resunk as a target, 2017[50]
ATA-211 3 May 1945 10 April 1962 Sold to a commercial interest, 1963; currently active[51]
ATA-212 21 May 1945 20 December 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 April 1976; fate unknown[52]
Keywadin ATA-213 1 June 1945 30 June 1970 Sunk as a target, 3 June 2001[53]

United Kingdom

Ship nameHull numberCommissionedDecommissionedFate
Favourite BAT-3 15 June 1942 27 March 1946 Scrapped, 1993[54]
Integrity BAT-4 15 July 1942 19 February 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 13 February 1948; fate unknown[55]
Lariat BAT-5 10 August 1942 19 February 1946 Sold to a commercial interest, 17 September 1946; fate unknown[56]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/pearl-harbor-why-how.html UN Navy, Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal, by Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin, page 206
  2. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/08009.htm navsource.org, Sotoyomo
  3. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/auxat.htm shipbuildinghistory.com Tugboats list
  4. Web site: USS Sotoyomo (ATA-121) . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  5. Web site: USS ATA-122 . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  6. Web site: USS Iuka (ATA-123) . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  7. Web site: USS ATA-124 . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  8. Web site: USS ATA-125 . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  9. Web site: HMRT Mindful (W-135) . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  10. Web site: USS ATA-170 . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  11. Web site: USS ATA-171 . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  12. Web site: USS ATA-172 . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  13. Web site: USS ATA-173 . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  14. Web site: USNS Wateree (T-ATA-174) . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  15. Web site: USS Sonoma (ATA-175) . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  16. Web site: USNS Tonkawa (T-ATA-176) . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  17. Web site: USS ATA-177 . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  18. Web site: USS Tunica (ATA-178) . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 12 February 2018 .
  19. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  20. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  21. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  22. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  23. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  24. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  25. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  26. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  27. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  28. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  29. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  30. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  31. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  32. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  33. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  34. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  35. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  36. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  37. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  38. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  39. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  40. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  41. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  42. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  43. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  44. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  45. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  46. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  47. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  48. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  49. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  50. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  51. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  52. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  53. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  54. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  55. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .
  56. Web site: Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) Index . . NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive . NavSource Naval History . 21 March 2019 .