USS Sotoyomo (YTM-9)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sotoyomo.
USS Sotoyomo (YTM-9/YT-9/Harbor Tug No.9) was a harbor tug built at the turn of the twentieth century. She saw service in both World War I and World War II and was heavily damaged by the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The name Sotoyomo commemorates a part of the Sioux tribe of Indians.[1] Sotoyomo was the oldest vessel at Pearl Harbor in service at the time of the attack.[2]
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USS Sotoyomo in Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Washington. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California |
Laid down | 2 March 1903 |
Launched | 20 August 1903 |
Christened | 21 April 1904 |
Completed | 1 March 1904 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1911 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 26 February 1946 |
Identification | Harbor Tug No.9 |
Honors and awards | |
Fate | Scuttled off Leyte, September 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Harbor tug |
Displacement | 230 tons |
Length | 97 ft (30 m) |
Beam | 21 ft 11 in (6.68 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
Installed power | one 13" x 32" steam engine one coal-fired single ended cylindrical boiler, |
Propulsion | single propeller 450shp |
Speed | 11.1 kn (20.6 km/h; 12.8 mph) |
Complement | 9 |
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