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U.S.S. SAGAMORE
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USS SAGAMORE (ATA-208) - a Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug
In Commission 1972 to 1972ATA-208 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 27 NOV 1944 at Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works Port Arthur TX | ||
JAN | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 17 JAN 1945 | ||
FEB | 1972 | - | Decommissioned: 1 FEB 1972 |
ATA-208 General Specifications
Class: Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug
Complement: 45 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 534 tons
Length: 143 feet
Beam: 33 feet 10 inches
Draft: 15 feet
Final Disposition: Transferred to the Dominican Republic 1 February 1972
USS SAGAMORE (ATA-208)
The third Sagamore, originally
designated ATR-135, was laid
down as ATA-208 on 27 November 1944 by the Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, Tex.;
launched on 17 January 1945; and commissioned on
19 March 1945, Lt. S. D. Northrop in command.
Following shakedown off
the Texas coast, ATA-208 departed Galveston on 18 April for
Hawaii and general towing duty in the
Pacific. Arriving at Pearl Harbor on
2 June, she operated as a unit of Service Squadron (ServRon) 2 for the
remainder of the year on towing assignments
that took her east to California and west to Okinawa. With the new year, 1946, ATA-208 was reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet. On 2 February,
she arrived at Norfolk and reported
to the Commandant of the 5th Naval
District for operational and administrative control. Named Sagamore on
16 July 1948, she continued general towing
duty, ranging the Atlantic, the
Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Primarily engaged in
coastal operations, Sagamore towed
Cod (SS-224) from New London to Cleveland, via the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959; assisted in
the consolidation of the reserve
fleets in 1960; and towed APL-41 from Mayport, Fla., to Holy Loch, Scotland, in 1961. In May 1964, she participated in mine
recovery operations off the Carolines; then, during the summer, supported Operation SeaLab I which proved
that man could survive under the sea for extended periods. From 18 June to 13 August, she towed YFBN-12, the "mother ship" of the project in the Bermuda area.
Often called upon for
target towing and torpedo recovery
operations in addition to her primary mission of towing at sea and her secondary mission of emergency rescue and salvage, Sagamore continued
to serve the Atlantic Fleet until
February 1972. She was transferred to the Dominican Republic, under
lease, on 1 February and commissioned in
the Dominican Navy on the 16th as Caonabo.
[Note: The above USS SAGAMORE (ATA-208) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS SAGAMORE (ATA-208), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]