Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Cahokia (YTB-135)
ex
 USS Cahokia (YT-135) (1938 - 1944)
 USS Cahokia (AT-61) (1936 - 1938)
 USCGC Cahokia (1921 - 1936)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Hotel - Delta
 NCHD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Fleet Tug
  • Laid down as Bayside, date unknown, by Providence Engineering Corp., City Island, N.Y. under United States Shipping Board contract (USSB 1352)
  • Completed and delivered to USSB in 1920
  • Acquired by the US Coast Guard, 21 October 1921
  • Commissioned USCGC Cahokia, June 1933, LCDR. Norman H. Leslie, USCG, in command
  • Decommissioned by the Coast Guard, date unknown
  • Transferred to the US Navy from the Coast Guard, 14 May 1936
  • Commissioned USS Cahokia (AT-61), 6 November 1936, Chief Boatswain W. C. Kasmire USN in command
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug YT-135, 1 January 1938
  • Decommissioned, 13 April 1944
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large YTB-135 and placed in service, 13 April 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 8 August 1947 for sale to Crowley Tug ^ Launch Co. San Francisco, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1953
    Specifications:
    Displacement 510 t.
    Length 141
    Beam 27' 7"
    Draft 10' 7"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one oil-fired steam engine
    single propeller, 950shp
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    AT-61 300k Broadside view of USS Cahokia (YT-135) off Mare Island, circa 1940.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo    		 Darryl Baker
    YSD-53 377k Launching of YSD 29 by YD 33 at Mare Island Navy Yard, 4 June 1941. The tug Cahokia (YTB-135) is in the background alongside YD 33.
    US Navy photos courtesy of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.    		 Darryl Baker
    YSD-53 407k
    AT-61 92k USS Cahokia (YT-135) aground inside the lagoon at Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA.., in February 1942. The Commander, 12th Naval District, reported the grounding to Washington on 21 February 1942 and reported on 2 June 1942 that she was to be raised approximately 4 June 1942 and delivered to the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard for an overhaul estimated to last about six weeks.
    US National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-13182, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    AT-61 147k USS Cahokia (YT-135) aground inside the lagoon at Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA.., in February 1942.
    US National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-13180    		 Tracy White
    AT-61 96k Broadside view of Cahokia (YTB-135) at Mare Island, 2 November 1945.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 6940-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    USS Cahokia (AT-61 / YT-135 / YTB-135)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    <
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Leslie, Norman Henry USCG :RADMJune 1933 - 1935
    02CHBOSN. Kasmire, William C. USN6 November 1936 - 25 June 1937
    03LT. Gorski, Henry Frederick25 June 1937 - 14 June 1938
    04LTjg. Evans, Ernest Edwin14 June 1938 - 18 July 1940
    05LT. Winslow Jr., Cameron McRae18 July 1940 - 1 September 1940
    06LCDR. Gaines, Oliver Wallace1 September 1940 - March 1941
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Ship Photo Index Back To The Fleet Tug Photo Index Back To The District Harbor Tug (YT) Index Back To The District Harbor Tug Large (YTB) Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 6 September 2019