History | |
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United States | |
Name | Sunnadin (AT-28) |
Namesake | Huron Indian town, Sunyendeand |
Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
Laid down | 3 December 1918 as Katahdin |
Launched | 28 February 1919 |
Commissioned | 20 October 1919 |
Decommissioned | 4 April 1946 |
Renamed | Sunnadin on 24 February 1919 |
Stricken | 8 May 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 15 January 1947. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bagaduce class |
Displacement | 1,000 (est.) |
Length | 156 feet 8 inches |
Beam | 30 feet |
Draft | 14 foot 7 inches (mean) |
Speed | 13.0 kts (est.) |
Complement | 44 |
Armament | 1 mg. |
The first USS Sunnadin (AT-28), a tug, was laid down on 3 December 1918 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard as Katahdin; renamed Sunnadin on 24 February 1919; launched on 28 February 1919; and commissioned on 20 October 1919. It was named for an Anglicized spelling of the Huron Indian town, Sunyendeand.
Sunnadin was assigned to the 14th Naval District and spent almost a quarter of a century in the Hawaiian Islands operating from Pearl Harbor, towing Navy ships and other sea-going craft between ports in the 14th Naval District. During that time, she changed designations twice. On 17 July 1920 when the Navy first adopted alpha-numeric hull designations, she became AT-28.
She was in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack there on 7 December 1941. On 15 May 1944, she was redesignated ATO-28. In the fall of 1945, Sunnadin was ordered to report to the Commandant, 12th Naval District, for decommissioning and disposal. Sunnadin was decommissioned on 4 April 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 8 May 1946. On 15 January 1947, she was delivered to the Maritime Commission at Mare Island, California, for disposal.
Sunnadin earned one battle star during World War II.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.