USS Anamosa (YTM-409)

History
United States
Name:	USS Anamosa (YTB-409)
Namesake:	One of several variations or transcriptions of the name of a Sauk Indian lady who distinguished herself in the Black Hawk War. Also a town in Jones County, Iowa.
Builder:	Ira Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, New York
Laid down:	18 March 1944
Launched:	24 July 1944
Commissioned:	28 March 1945
Reclassified:	District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-409 in February 1962
Struck:	May 1978
Fate:	Sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 1 July 1979
General characteristics
Class & type:	Sassaba-class harbor tug
Type:	Harbor Tug
Displacement:	237 tons
Length:	100 ft (30 m)
Beam:	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft:	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Propulsion:	Diesel engine, single propeller, 1,200shp
Speed:	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	10
Armament:	2 x .50-caliber machine guns

USS Anamosa (YTB-409) was a Sassaba-class harbor tug that served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1978.

The Anamosa was assigned to the Pacific Fleet (1st Fleet, West Coast) soon after delivery to the Navy. She was at Yokosuka, Japan in 1947 as navy records indicate she was replaced there that year by USS Secota. USS Anamosa was deployed to Naval Station Guam by the beginning of 1948.

Anamosa was re-designated a district harbor tug, medium (YTM) in February 1962.

Her name was struck from the Navy list in May 1978 and she was sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 1 July 1979.

References

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