USS Anamosa

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
Stricken	May 1978
Identification	IMO number: 8036275
Fate	Sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 1 July 1979
General characteristics
Class and 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 United States 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.

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