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AT-61 / YT-135 / YTB-135 Cahokia

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November - Charlie - Hotel - Delta
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, date unknown, and commissioned USCGC Cahokia
  • 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 disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 510 t.
    Length 141
    Beam 27' 7"
    Draft 10' 2"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    AT-61 300k Broadside view of Cahokia (YT-135) off Mare Island, circa 1940.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo    		 Darryl Baker
    AT-61 96k Broadside view of Cahokia (YTB-135) at Mare Island, 2 November 1945.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 6940-45.    		 Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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