Fleet Tug (AT)

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AT-62 / YT-136 / YTB-136 Tamaroa

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign: November - Charlie - India - Delta
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Fleet Tug
  • Built as the USSB tug Bartolme in 1919 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Elizabeth, N.J.
  • Acquired by the US Coast Guard in October 1921
  • Commissioned USCGC Tamaroa, 1 February 1922
  • Decommissioned in 1935
  • Transferred to the Navy, 14 May 1936, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Commissioned USS Tamaroa (AT-62), 6 November 1936, at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug YT-136, 1 January 1938
  • Reclassified Large Harbor Tug YTB-136, 13 April 1944
  • Decommissioned in July 1944 and placed in service
  • Final Disposition, sunk by collision with Jupiter (AVS-8), 27 January 1946, in San Francisco Bay
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946
    Specifications:
    Displacement 705 t.
    Length 161' 3"
    Beam 27' 6"
    Draft 10' 7"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion steam, single screw
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    USS Tamaroa (AT-62)
    Tamaroa 57k Tamaroa (AT-62) circa 1931, moored pierside, place unkown. Robert Hurst
    USS Tamaroa (YT-136)
    Tamaroa 48k Tamaroa (YT-62) underway, date and place unknown. .
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    The CG History Center
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - Tamaroa 1921
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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