USS Ganadoga (YTM-390)

USS Segwarusa (YTM-365) and USS Ganadoga (YTM-390) Help USS Canberra (CAG-2) move into position for the International Naval Review, in Hampton Roads, VA, 12 June 1957.
History
United States
Name:	USS Ganadoga (YTM-390)
Builder:	Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation, Morris Heights, New York
Laid down:	2 August 1944
Launched:	9 November 1944
Acquired:	December 1944
In service:	15 December 1944
Reclassified:	Harbor Tug, Large YTB-390, 15 May 1944 District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-390 1 February 1962
Struck:	Unknown
Fate:	disposed of in support of fleet exercises, 1 August 1980
General characteristics
Class & type:	Sassaba-class harbor tug
Displacement:	260 tons 345 tons (full)
Length:	100 ft 0 in (30.48 m)
Beam:	25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
Draft:	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) (full)
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	14
Armament:	2 x .50 caliber machine guns

Ganadoga, originally designated YT-390, was reclassified YTB-390 on 15 May 1944; laid down 2 August 1944 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, N.Y.; launched 9 September 1944; and placed in service 15 December 1944.

Ganadoga was assigned to 5th Naval District, Norfolk, and performed miscellaneous harbor operations for the next 18 years. She was reclassified YTM-390 on 1 February 1962, and in December of that year she was transferred to the 6th Naval District at Charleston, SC. In 1980 she was expended as a target in support of fleet exercises.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Ganadoga (YTM-390)