Sotoyomo-class fleet tugboat USS Tillamook
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Class overview | |
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Name | Sotoyomo class |
Operators | |
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 | |
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 |
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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]