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YT-9 / YTM-9 Sotoyomo

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 2 March 1903 , at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., Navy Yard Boston, MA.
  • Launched, 20 August 1903
  • Placed in service as Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug No. 9), 21 April 1904
  • Commissioned USS Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug No. 9), 1 July1911
  • Designated District Harbor Tug (YT-9), 17 July 1920
    Sotoyomo was at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, drydocked in YFD-2 undergoing overhaul along with
    Shaw. Sotoyomo was sunk and badly burned by the explosions and fires in Shaw (DD-373) as a
    result of the Japanese attack. Sotoyomo was raised, repaired and returned to service in August 1942
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug Medium (YTM-9), 15 May 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 February 1946
  • Final Disposition, destroyed, 15 February 1946
  • Sotoyomo earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 230 t.
    Length 92'6"'
    Beam 21' 1"
    Draft 9' 0" (mean)
    Speed 11 1 kts.
    Complement 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion steam, single screw
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    Pawtucket 68k Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug # 9) moored outboard of Pawtucket (Harbor Tug No. 7) at Navy Yard Mare Island, circa 1905.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Sotoyomo 88k Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug # 9) at Mare Island, circa 1906.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Sotoyomo 43k Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug # 9) underway off Mare Island, circa 1909.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Sotoyomo 71k Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug # 9) moored pierside, circa 1915, place unknown.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Sotoyomo 122k Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug # 9) underway in the Mare Island channel, circa 1915.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Sotoyomo 89k Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug # 9) crew photo circa 1930.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo    		 Darryl Baker
    View the Sotoyomo (YT-9) / YTM-9
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Navy Harbor Tug Boats
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