Sotoyomo-class tugboat
Sotoyomo-class fleet tugboat USS Tillamook | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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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.