USS Sacagawea (YT-326)

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NameUSS Sacagawea
Launched1925
Acquiredby purchase, 1942, as Almirante Noronha
RenamedSacagawea, 1 September 1942
ReclassifiedYTM-326, 15 May 1944
Stricken22 June 1945
FateSold, May 1946
General characteristics
Type Tugboat
Displacement225 long tons (229 t)
Length97 ft (30 m)
Beam21 ft 8 in (6.60 m)
Draft9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

USS Sacagawea (YT/YTM-326) was built in 1925, and acquired by the United States Navy from Brazil in 1942 as Almirante Noronha.[ citation needed ] She is one of the few US Naval vessels named for a woman. [1] Sacagawea was a guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Service history

She was renamed Sacagawea on 1 September 1942 and was placed in service as a harbor tug at Charleston, South Carolina, upon her delivery on 30 September.

Reclassified YTM-326 on 15 May 1944, she served at Charleston until she was placed out of service and struck from the Navy list on 22 June 1945. Sacagawea was then turned over to the State Department for disposal and was sold to foreign purchasers in May 1946. [2]

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References

  1. "8 US Navy ships named for women". We Are The Mighty. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. "Sacagawea I (YT-326)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2021-09-22.


This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.