Ocean Tugs (AT, ATA, ATF, ATO, ATR)

Prior to WWII, almost all the Navy's tugs were acquired from the private-sector.  During WWII, however, 238 ocean tugs were built in 22 shipyards and boatyards.  There were 69 of the 205-foot, 16-knot, steel-hulled ATFs, in four groups - 13 of the "Navajo" class, 15 of the "Bannock" class, 23 of the "Abnaki" class and 18 of the "Achomawi" class; there were 89 of the 143-foot, 13-knot "Sotoyomo" class steel-hulled ATAs, all but 4 of them built by Levingston Shipbuilding and its sister company, Gulfport Shipbuilding, in southeast Texas; and there were 80 of the 165-foot, 12-knot, unnamed wooden-hulled ATRs.  The fates of these workhorse vessels are not well documented: please send any additions and corrections to tim@coltoncompany.com.

Type Pennant Name Shipbuilder Location Hull # LDT Built Disposition
Ocean Tugs (AT, ATA, ATF, ATO)
AT 1 Wahneta  City Point Iron Works Boston MA 1892 Later YT 1, sold 1922
AT 2 Iwana  City Point Iron Works Boston MA 1892 Later YT 2, then YTM 2, to MC 1946 
AT 3 Narkeeta  City Point Iron Works Boston MA 1892 Later YT 3, sold 1926
AT 4 Unadilla  Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 1895 Later YT 4, then YTM 4, to MC 1947
AT 5 Samoset  Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 1897 Later YT 5, then YTM 5, to MC 1947
AT 6 Penacook  New York NSY Brooklyn NY 1898 Later YT 6, then YTM 6, sold 1947
AT 7 Pawtucket  Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 1898 Later YT 7, then YTM 7, scrapped 1947
AT 8 Pentucket  Boston NSY Charlestown MA 1903 Later YT 8, sold 1937
AT 9 Sotoyomo  Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 1903 Later YT 9, then YTM 9, scuttled 1946
AT 10 Patapsco  Portsmouth NSY Portsmouth NH 28-Jul-09 Scrapped 1936
AT 11 Patuxent  Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 4-May-09 Scrapped 1939
AT 12 Sonoma  New York Ship Camden NJ 6-Sep-12 Later ATO 12, lost at Leyte 1944
AT 13 Ontario  New York Ship Camden NJ 4-Sep-12 Later ATO 13, sold 1947
AT 14 Arapaho  Seattle Construction & DD Seattle WA 2-Dec-14 Reclassified YT 121 1936, sold 1937
AT 15 Mohave  Seattle Construction & DD Seattle WA 2-Dec-14 Wrecked 1928 and sold as hulk
AT 16 Tillamook  Seattle Construction & DD Seattle WA Sep-14 Reclassified YT 122 1936, then YTM 122, sold 1947
AT 17 Wando  Charleston NSY Charleston SC 3-Apr-17 Reclassified YT 123 1936, then YTB 123, struck 1946
AT 18 Chemung  Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 14-Mar-17 Reclassified YT 124 1936, scrapped 1937
AT 19 Huron/Allegheny Ferguson Steel & Iron Buffalo NY 5-Dec-17 Sunk 1922 but raised, later ATO 19, scrapped 1947
AT 20 Comanche/Sagamore  Ferguson Steel & Iron Buffalo NY 8-Jun-18 Later ATO 20, to MC 1947
AT 21 Ammonoosuc/Bagaduce  Ferguson Steel & Iron Buffalo NY 18-Sep-19 Later ATO 21, to MC 1947
AT 22 Chimo/Tadousac  Ferguson Steel & Iron Buffalo NY 13-Jun-19 Struck 1938
AT 23 Kalmia  Ferguson Steel & Iron Buffalo NY 18-Nov-19 Later ATO 23, struck 1936
AT 24 Kewaydin  Ferguson Steel & Iron Buffalo NY 4-Nov-19 Later ATO 24, struck 1946
AT 25 Umpqua  Ferguson Steel & Iron Buffalo NY 6-Dec-19 Later ATO 25
AT 26 Wandank  Ferguson Steel & Iron Buffalo NY 23-Mar-20 Later ATO 26, sold 1947
AT 27 Iosco/Tatnuk  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 26-Jul-19 Later ATO 27
AT 28 Katahdin/Sunnadin  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 20-Oct-19 Later ATO 28, to MC 1947
AT 29 Kickapoo/Mahopac  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 20-Oct-19