Sotoyomo-class tugboat

Sotoyomo-class fleet tugboat USS Tillamook
Class overview
Name	Sotoyomo class
Operators	United States Navy  Royal Navy
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	534 long tons (543 t) light 835 long tons (848 t) full
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	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × 20mm cannon

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]