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SP-3296 / AT-20 / ATO-20 Sagamore

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal
Bottom Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down in 1917 as Commanche (SP-3296), a steel-hulled ocean-going tug, at Buffalo Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, N.Y. under a WSB contract
  • Renamed Sagamore, 30 October 1917
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Navy, 5 December 1917
  • Completed and commissioned USS Sagamore (Fleet Tug No. 20), 8 June 1918 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Designated Fleet Tug (AT-20), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified, Fleet Tug Old, (ATO-20), 14 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 31 August 1946, at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 January 1947
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 751 t.(fl) 1,000 t.(fl)
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14' 7"
    Speed 12.4 kts.
    Complement 44
    Armament two 3"/50, one machine gun
    Propulsion system unknown, single propeller
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    Sagamore 64k Sagamore (SP-3296) under construction, at Buffalo Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, N.Y. in 1917. Bowling Green State University, Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
    Sagamore 16k Sagamore (ATO-20) underway, date and place unknown. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    View the Sagamore (AT-20/ATO-20)
    DANFS history entry located at Navsource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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