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

Most recent update: May 26, 2011.

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.  Note that many ATRs were reassigned as ATAs, resulting in a lot of duplicate entries.  The fates of these workhorse vessels are not well documented: please send any additions and corrections to timcolton@aol.com.

Type # Name Shipbuilder Location Ft. Tons Built Disposition
Ocean Tugs (AT) and Ocean Tugs, Old (ATO)
AT 1 Wahneta  City Point IW South Boston MA 92 192 1892 Later YT 1, sold 1922
AT 2 Iwana  City Point IW South Boston MA 92 192 1891 Later YT 2, then YTM 2, to MC 1946 
AT 3 Narkeeta  City Point IW South Boston MA 92 192 1891 Later YT 3, sold 1926
AT 4 Unadilla  Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 110 355 1895 Later YT 4, then YTM 4, to MC 1947
AT 5 Samoset  Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 93 225 1897 Later YT 5, then YTM 5, to MC 1947
AT 6 Penacook  New York NSY Brooklyn NY 92 230 1898 Later YT 6, then YTM 6, sold 1947
AT 7 Pawtucket  Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 92 225 1898 Later YT 7, then YTM 7, scrapped 1947
AT 8 Pentucket  Boston NSY Charlestown MA 92 230 1904 Later YT 8, sold 1937
AT 9 Sotoyomo  Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 92 230 1903 Later YT 9, then YTM 9, scuttled 1946
AT 10 Patapsco  Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 148 755 1908 Scrapped 1936
AT 11 Patuxent  Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 148 755 1908 Scrapped 1939
AT 12 Sonoma  New York Ship Camden NJ 175 1,120 1912 Later ATO 12, lost at Leyte 1944
AT 13 Ontario  New York Ship Camden NJ 175 1,120 1912 Later ATO 13, sold 1947
AT 14 Arapaho  Seattle Const & DD Seattle WA 122 575 2-Dec-14 Later YT 121 1936, sold 1937
AT 15 Mohave  Seattle Const & DD Seattle WA 122 575 2-Dec-14 Wrecked 1928 and sold as hulk
AT 16 Tillamook  Seattle Const & DD Seattle WA 122 575 2-Dec-14 Later YT 122 1936, then YTM 122, sold 1947
AT 17 Wando  Charleston NSY Charleston SC 122 575 3-Apr-17 Later YT 123 1936, then YTB 123, struck 1946
AT 18 Chemung  Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 122 575 14-Mar-17 Later YT 124 1936, scrapped 1937
AT 19 Allegheny Ferguson Steel Buffalo NY 156 1,000 5-Dec-17 Sunk 1922 but raised, later ATO 19, scrapped 1947
AT 20 Sagamore  Ferguson Steel Buffalo NY 156 1,000 8-Jun-18 Later ATO 20, to MC 1947
AT 21 Bagaduce  Ferguson Steel Buffalo NY 156 1,000 18-Sep-19 Later ATO 21, to MC 1947
AT 22 Tadousac  Ferguson Steel Buffalo NY 156 1,000 13-Jun-19 Struck 1938
AT 23 Kalmia  Ferguson Steel Buffalo NY 156 1,000 18-Nov-19 Later ATO 23, struck 1936
AT 24 Kewaydin  Ferguson Steel Buffalo NY 156 1,000 4-Nov-19 Later ATO 24, struck 1946
AT 25 Umpqua  Ferguson Steel Buffalo NY 156 1,000 6-Dec-19 Later ATO 25
AT 26 Wandank  Ferguson Steel Buffalo NY 156 1,000 23-Mar-20 Later ATO 26, sold 1947
AT 27 Tatnuk  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 157 1,000 26-Jul-19 Later ATO 27
AT 28 Sunnadin  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 157 1,000 20-Oct-19 Later ATO 28, to MC 1947
AT 29 Mahopac  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 157 1,000 20-Oct-19 Later ATO 29
AT 30 Scoita  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 157 1,000 13-Nov-19 Later ATO 30
AT 31 Koka  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 157 1,000 18-Feb-20 Wrecked and scrapped 1938
AT 32 Napa  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 157 1,000 5-Dec-19 Scuttled 1942
AT 33 Pinola  Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 157 1,000 7-Feb-20 Later ATO 33
AT 34 Algorma  Staten Island SB Richmond NY 157 1,000 15-May-20 Later ATO 34, to MC 1947
AT 35 Carrabassett  Staten Island SB Richmond NY 157 1,000 30-Jun-20 To USCG 1924 as WAT 35
AT 36 Contocook  Staten Island SB Richmond NY 157 1,000 20-Aug-20 Sold 1934
AT 37 Iuka  Staten Island SB Richmond NY 157 1,000 29-Oct-20 Later ATO 37, sold 1948
AT 38 Keosanqua  Staten Island SB Richmond NY 157 1,000 9-Dec-20 Later ATO 38, to MC 1947
AT 39 Montcalm  Staten Island SB Richmond NY 157 1,000 19-Jan-21 Later ATO 39, sold 1947
AT 40             Cancelled 1918 
AT 41             Cancelled 1918 
AT 42             Cancelled 1918 
AT 43             Cancelled 1918 
AT 44             Cancelled 1918 
AT 45             Cancelled 1918 
AT 46 Iroquois Union Iron Works San Francisco CA 152 702 1892 Ex-Fearless, acquired 1898, sold 1928
AT 47 Osceola Hillman SB & E Philadelphia PA 125 571 1897 Ex-Winthrop, acquired 1898, struck 1922 
AT 48 Peoria Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA 121 487 1898 Ex-Philadelphia, acquired 1898, later YT 109, sold 1922
AT 49 Piscataqua Wheeler, F. W. West Bay City MI 149 354 1897 Ex-W. H. Brown, acquired 1898, struck 1930 
AT 50 Potomac Wheeler, F. W. West Bay City MI 139 785 1897 Ex-Wilmot, acquired 1898, sold 1922
AT 51 Uncas Dialogue, John Camden NJ 119 441 1893 Ex-Walter A. Luckenbach, acquired 1898, later YT 110, struck 1922, later Joseph D. Wood, Henry W. Card, Relief
AT 52 Navajo  Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA 141 800 1907 Acquired 1908, later IX 56, struck 1937 
AT 53 Delaware  Tull, E. James Pocomoke City MD   242 1913 Acquired 1917, later YT 111, sold 1935
AT 54 Conestoga  Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD     1904 Acquired 1917, lost 1921 
AT 55 Genesee Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 170 1,000 1905 Ex-Monocacy, acquired 1917, scuttled 1942 
AT 56 Lykens  Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA 170 1,000 1899 Acquired 1917, sold 1934
AT 57 Sea Rover  Fulton Iron Works San Francisco CA     1902 Acquired 1917, struck 1922
AT 58 Undaunted  Union Iron Works San Francisco CA 143 450 1917 Acquired 1917, later YT 125, struck 1946
AT 59 Challenge Dialogue, John Camden NJ 129 515 1889 Ex-Defiance, acquired 1918, later YT 126, struck 1946
AT 60 Bay Spring  Providence Eng. City Island NY 150 510 1921 Later YNG 19, to MC 1947 
AT 61 Cahokia  Providence Eng. City Island NY 150 510 1920 Ex-USCG, acquired 1936, later YT 135, then YTB 135, to MC 1947 
AT 62 Tamaroa  Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD   705 1919 Ex-USCG, acquired 1936, later YT 136, then YTB 136, in collision and lost 1946 
AT 63 Acushnet  Newport News SB Newport News VA 152   1908 Ex-USCG, acquired 1936, later ATO 63, to MC 1947
Fleet Tugs (ATF) and Auxiliary Tugs (ATA)
ATF 64 Navajo Bethlehem Steel Richmond NY 205 1,589 26-Jan-40 Exploded off Pago Pago and lost 1943
ATF 65 Seminole Bethlehem Steel Richmond NY 205 1,589 8-Mar-40 Sunk by gunfire off Tulagi and lost 1942
ATF 66 Cherokee Bethlehem Steel Richmond NY 205 1,589 26-Apr-40 To USCG 1946 as WATF 166
ATF 67 Apache Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 12-Dec-42 To Taiwan 1974 as Ta Wan (ATF 551), active
ATF 68 Arapaho Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 20-Jan-43 To Argentina 1961 as Comandante General Zapiola (A 2), wrecked 1971
ATF 69 Chippewa Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 14-Feb-43 Decommissioned 1947, disposition unknown
ATF 70 Choctaw Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 21-Apr-43 To Colombia 1961 as Pedro de Heredia (RM 72), active
ATF 71 Hopi Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 31-Mar-43 Struck 1963
ATF 72 Kiowa Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 7-Jun-43 Scrapped 1994
ATF 73 Menominee United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 25-Sep-42 To Indonesia 1961 as Rakata (A 922), active
ATF 74 Pawnee United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 7-Nov-42 Struck 1962
ATF 75 Sioux United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 12-Jun-42 To Turkey 1972 as Gazal (A 587), active
ATF 76 Ute United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 13-Dec-42 Sunk as target 1991
ATF 77 Tuscarora Levingston SB Orange TX   530 13-Dec-41 Later YT 341, later ATA 245, scrapped 1976
ATF 78 Carib Bethlehem Steel Elizabethport NJ     Nov-19 Ex-Bascobel, later Empire Bascobel 1941, returned 1947, sold for scrap 1963 but abandoned in the Staten Island graveyard instead
ATF 79 Yuma Bethlehem Steel Elizabethport NJ     Oct-19 Ex-Barwick, later Bahest, to Britain as Sansone, later Opus
ATF 80 Yaqui Bethlehem Steel Elizabethport NJ     Jun-19 Ex-Ballenas, later Kevin Moran, Cabrilla (LT 348)
ATF 81 Bannock Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 28-Jun-43 To Italy 1979 as CP 451, discarded
ATF 82 Carib Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 24-Jul-43 To Colombia 1979 as Sebastian de Bedelcazar (RM 73), active
ATF 83 Chicksaw United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 4-Feb-43 To Taiwan 1991 as Ta Tung (ATF 548), struck 1999
ATF 84 Cree United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 28-Mar-43 Sunk as target 1978
ATF 85 Lipan United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 29-Apr-43 Sunk as target 1990
ATF 86 Mataco United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 29-May-43 Scrapped 1979
ATF 87 Moreno Cramp SB Philadelphia PA 205 1,589 30-Nov-42 Struck 1961
ATF 88 Narragansett Cramp SB Philadelphia PA 205 1,589 15-Jan-43 To Taiwan 1991, used for spare parts
ATF 89 Nauset Cramp SB Philadelphia PA 205 1,589 2-Mar-43 Sunk by aircraft attack off Salerno and lost 1943
ATF 90 Pinto Cramp SB Philadelphia PA 205 1,589 1-Apr-43 To Peru 1960 as Guardian Rios (ARA 123), active
ATF 91 Seneca Cramp SB Philadelphia PA 205 1,589 30-Apr-43 Sunk as target 2003
ATF 92 Tawasa Commercial IW Portland OR 205 1,589 17-Jul-43 Struck 1976
ATF 93 Tekesta Commercial IW Portland OR 205 1,589 16-Aug-43 To Chile 1992 as Yelcho (AGS 64), discarded
ATF 94 Yuma Commercial IW Portland OR 205 1,589 31-Aug-43 To Pakistan 1959 as Madadgar (A 42), struck 1995
ATF 95 Zuni Commercial IW Portland OR 205 1,589 9-Oct-43 To USCG as Tamaroa (WATF 166), memorial in Richmond VA
ATF 96 Abnaki Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 15-Nov-43 To Mexico 1978 as Ehactl (A-53), active
ATF 97 Alsea Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 13-Dec-43 Struck 1962
ATF 98 Arikara Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 5-Jan-44 To Chile 1971 as Sergento Aldea (A 63), active
ATF 99 Chetco Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 29-May-44 Reclassified 1944 as Penguin (ASR 12), struck 1970
ATF 100 Chowanoc Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 21-Feb-44 To Ecuador 1960 as Chimborazo (RA-70), active
ATF 101 Cocopa Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 25-Mar-44 To Mexico 1978 as Seri (A-19), later Tonatiuh (R-54) 1993, Seri (ARE-03) 2001, active
ATF 102 Hidatsa Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 25-Apr-44 To Colombia 1979 as Rodrigo de Bastedas (RM 74), active
ATF 103 Hitchiti Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 27-May-44 To Mexico 1978 as Chac (A-55), active
ATF 104 Jicarilla Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 26-Jun-44 To Colombia 1979 as Bahia Solano (RM 75), struck 1987
ATF 105 Moctobi Charleston SB Charleston SC 205 1,589 25-Jul-44 Sold 1997
ATF 106 Molala United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 29-Sep-43 To Mexico 1978 as Kukulkan (A-52), active
ATF 107 Munsee United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 30-Oct-43 Struck 1969
ATF 108 Pakana United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 17-Dec-43 Sunk as target 1975
ATF 109 Potowatomi United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 12-Feb-44 To Chile 1963, sunk 1965
ATF 110 Quapaw United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 6-May-44 Struck 1992
ATF 111 Sarsi United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 24-Jun-44 Mined off Korea and lost 1952
ATF 112 Serrano United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 22-Sep-44 Reclassified AGS 24 1960
ATF 113 Takelma United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 3-Aug-44 To Argentina 1993 as Suboficial Castillo (A 11), active
ATF 114 Tawakoni United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 15-Sep-44 To Taiwan 1978 as Ta Mo (ATF 553), active
ATF 115 Tenino United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 18-Nov-44 Struck 1961
ATF 116 Tolowa United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 26-Dec-44 Struck 1970
ATF 117 Wateree United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 17-Feb-45 Sunk 1945
ATF 118 Wenatchee United Eng. Alameda CA 205 1,589 24-Mar-45 To Taiwan 1991 as Ta Feng (ATF 555), active
ATA 119   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 19-Apr-43 ATR 41, to Britain 1943 as HMS Advantage (W 133), returned 1946, sold 1948 as Ming 309
ATA 120   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 3-May-43 ATR 42, to Britain 1943 as HMS Aspirant (W 134), returned 1946, sold 1948 as Vivi
ATA 121 Sotoyomo Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 29-May-43 ATR 43, to Mexico 1968
ATA 122   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 10-Jun-43 ATR 44, to Chile 1947 as Lautaro (PP-62), to Uruguay 1991 as ROU San Jose
ATA 123   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 30-Jun-43 ATR 45, later Iuka, to NDRF 1962, sold 1976 as Deka Exi, scrapped 1996
ATA 124   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 24-Jul-43 ATR 46, to Argentina 1947 as ARA Diaguita (A 5), discarded
ATA 125   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 12-Aug-43 ATR 47, sold private 1947, to France 1964 as Hippopotame, sunk as target 1985
ATA 126   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 31-Aug-43 ATR 48, to Argentina 1947 as ARA Yamana (A 6), sunk as target 1985
ATA 127   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 2-Oct-43 ATR 49, to Argentina 1947 as ARA Chiriguano (A 2), scrapped 1996
ATA 128   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 17-Feb-42 BAT 3, to Britain 1942 as HMS Favourite (W 119), returned 1946, sold 1946 as Susan A. Moran, later Eugene F. Moran and Monsanto
ATA 129   Levingston SB Orange TX 143 835 28-Mar-42 BAT 4, to Britain 1942 as HMS Integrity (W 14), returned 1946, sold 1946