USS Sotoyomo (YT-9)

History
USS Sotoyomo In Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Washington.
United States
Name:	USS Sotoyomo
Builder:	Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California
Laid down:	2 March 1903
Launched:	20 August 1903
Christened:	Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug No. 9), 21 April 1904
Commissioned:	USS Sotoyomo (Harbor Tug No. 9), 1 July 1911
Struck:	26 February 1946
Honors and awards:	World War I Victory Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Combat Action Ribbon (Attack on Pearl Harbor), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, 1 battle stars (World War II)
Fate:	Scuttled off Leyte, September 1946
General characteristics
Class and type:	Harbor Tug Medium
Displacement:	230 tons
Length:	97'
Beam:	21' 11"
Draft:	9' 0"
Installed power:	one 13" x 32" steam engine one coal-fired single ended cylindrical boiler,
Propulsion:	single propeller 450shp
Speed:	11.1 kts
Complement:	9

History

USS Sotoyomo (YT-9 - later redesignated YTM-9) a district harbor tug laid down in 1903 and struck in 1946.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

USS Sotoyomo was in the same dry dock when the USS Shaw exploded: December 7, 1941

The Sotoyomo was a harbor tug. She was in in floating dry dock (YFD-2) with USS Shaw undergoing overhaul when Pearl Harbor was attacked December 7, 1941. Explosions and fires on Shaw greatly damaged Sotoyomo which resulted in total submersion. Originally Sotoyomo was deemed a total loss, but she was later repaired, floated and rehabilitated.

Further service in World War II

Sotoyomo served throughout World War II in various locations across the Pacific.

The name Sotoyomo commemorates a part of the war-like Sioux tribe of Indians .

Awards

External links

Pearl Harbor attack

Attack	Events leading to the attack Order of battle Present US ships Battleship Row Niihau incident

Japanese carriers involved	Akagi Kaga Sōryū Hiryū Shōkaku Zuikaku

United States ships sunk	Arizona salvaged artifacts California Oglala Oklahoma Shaw Utah West Virginia

Aftermath	Consequences Sleeping giant quote Infamy Speech U.S. declaration of war Roberts Commission

Remembrance	Remembrance Day USS Arizona Memorial Survivors Association Commemorative Medal

Books	Crisis: The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Southeast Asia (1992) Day of Deceit (2001) Days of Infamy series (2004–05) Pacific War series (2007–08)

Films	Secret Agent of Japan (1942) This Is the Army (1943) December 7th: The Movie (1943) Task Force (1949) From Here to Eternity (1953) The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) In Harm's Way (1965) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) 1941 (1979) The Final Countdown (1980) Pearl Harbor (2001)

Other	Advance-knowledge conspiracy theory

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1941

Shipwrecks	6 Dec: HMS Perseus 7 Dec: USS Arizona, USS California, USS Cassin, USS Downes, Ha-19, M-16, M-18, M-20, M-22, USS Nevada, USS Oglala, USS Oklahoma, Sauternes, USS Shaw, U-208, USS Utah, USS West Virginia, HMCS Windflower 8 Dec: USS Penguin, HMS Peterel, Ravnaas 10 Dec: HMS Banka, USS Bittern, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Repulse, Takao Maru, No. 10 11 Dec: Hayate, Kisaragi, HMS Lady Shirley 12 Dec: Awazisan Maru, HMS Moth, HMS Tamar 13 Dec: Alberico da Barbiano, Alberto da Giussano 14 Dec: HMS Galatea 15 Dec: Empire Barracuda, HNLMS O 16, U-127 16 Dec: U-557 17 Dec: Corregidor, Shinonome, U-131 18 Dec: U-434 19 Dec: HMS Neptune, HNLMS O 20, HMS Stanley, U-574 20 Dec: Emidio, HMS Kandahar 21 Dec: HMS Audacity, HNLMS K XVII, U-451, U-567 23 Dec: Montebello, Shuntien, U-79 24 Dec: Absaroka, HNLMS K XVI, USS Rochester, Sagiri, HMS Salvia 25 Dec: Empire Dragon, USS Sealion, HMS Thracian 28 Dec: DCH-1, U-75, Volo Unknown date: HMS H31, USS Nereus, HMS Triumph

Other incidents	7 Dec: USS Maryland, USS Vestal 8 Dec: Awazisan Maru 10 Dec: Oigawa Maru, USS Sealion 11 Dec: HMS Jackal 16 Dec: HMS Thracian 31 Dec: Ruth Alexander

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