USS Sacagawea (YT-326)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Sacagawea.

History
United States
Name	USS Sacagawea
Launched	1925
Acquired	by purchase, 1942, as Almirante Noronha
Renamed	Sacagawea, September 1, 1942
Reclassified	YTM-326, May 15, 1944
Stricken	June 22, 1945
Fate	Sold, May 1946
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	225 long tons (229 t)
Length	97 ft (30 m)
Beam	21 ft 8 in (6.60 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed	10 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 September 1, 1942, and was placed in service as a harbor tug at Charleston, South Carolina, upon her delivery on September 30.

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

References

1. "8 US Navy ships named for women". We Are The Mighty. February 5, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
2. "Sacagawea I (YT-326)". NHHC. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

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