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ATR-135 / ATA-208 Sagamore


USS Sagamore (ATA-208) was loaned to the Dominican Republic and renamed Caonabo (RM 18)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-135)
  • Redesignated Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-208), 15 May 1944
  • Laid down, 27 November 1944, at Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX.
  • Launched, 17 January 1945
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-208, 19 March 1945
  • Named, USS Sagamore (ATA-208), 16 July 1948
  • Decommissioned and transferred, (loaned) under terms of the Mutual Defense Program to the Dominican Republic, 1 February 1972, renamed Canoabo (RM-18)
  • Returned to US Naval custody and struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1979
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 12 January 1994
    Specifications:
    Displacement 534 t.(lt), 860 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 15'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 45
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric engines, single screw
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    Sagamore 33k Sagamore (ATA-208), underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Submitted by Jim Bessing to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Sagamore 37k Sagamore (ATA-208), underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Submitted by Rich Cherry to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    A Tribute to the U.S.S. Sagamore ATA-208
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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