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USS Bagaduce (ATO-21)
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 USS Bagaduce (AT-21) (1920 - 1944)
 USS Bagaduce (Fleet Tug #21) (1919 1920)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Zulu - Bravo
 NAZP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down as Ammonoosuc (Fleet Tug #21), at Ferguson Steel and Iron Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Renamed Bagaduce, 24 February 1919
  • Launched, 5 April 1919
  • Commissioned USS Bagaduce (Fleet Tug #21), 18 September 1919. Ltjg. Frank Mogridge in command
  • Redesignated Fleet Tug (AT-21), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 20 April 1932, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Recommissioned, 22 June 1938, at Philadelphia
  • Reclassified, Fleet Tug Old, (ATO-21), 14 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 22 June 1946, Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission at Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 9 January 1947, for disposal, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 751 t.(lt) 1,000 t.(fl)
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14' 7" (mean)
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 62
    Armament one machine gun
    Propulsion
    Two 100psi boilers
    One triple expansion reciprocating steam engine
    Cylinder diameter - High pressure - 16", Intermediate pressure - 36", Low pressure - 60"
    Single propeller, 4 blades, 6 foot diameter, Max. power 100 RPM
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    Bagaduce 51k Bagaduce (ATO-21) moored, circa 1945, place unknown. Submitted by J C Thornwall to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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    Last Updated 25 April 2008