USS Sotoyomo (YTM-9)
USS Sotoyomo in Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Washington. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California |
| Laid down | 2 March 1903 |
| Launched | 20 August 1903 |
| Christened | 21 April 1904 |
| Completed | 1 March 1904 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1911 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 26 February 1946 |
| Identification | Harbor Tug No.9 |
| Honors & awards | |
| Fate | Scuttled off Leyte, September 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Harbor tug |
| Displacement | 230 tons |
| Length | 97 ft (30 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft 11 in (6.68 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
| Installed power | one 13" x 32" steam engine one coal-fired single ended cylindrical boiler, |
| Propulsion | single propeller 450shp |
| Speed | 11.1 kn (20.6 km/h; 12.8 mph) |
| Complement | 9 |
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USS Sotoyomo (YTM-9/YT-9/Harbor Tug No.9) was a harbor tug built at the turn of the twentieth century. She saw service in both World War I and World War II and was heavily damaged by the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The name Sotoyomo commemorates a part of the Sioux tribe of Indians. Sotoyomo was the oldest vessel at Pearl Harbor in service at the time of the attack.