Bagaduce-class Tugboat
The ''Bagaduce'' class was a class of United States Navy fleet tugs. The first ship of the class, was laid down on 16 July 1918 at Buffalo, New York, by the Ferguson Steel and Iron Company. She was briefly named ''Ammonoosuc'' in February 1919, renamed ''Bagaduce'' on 24 February 1919, launched 5 April 1919, and commissioned at Buffalo on 18 September 1919.USS Bagaduce (AT-21) at the Navy History and Heritage Command
The ''Bagaduce'' was constructed as part of the World War I shipbuilding program, and was the first of 19 new steel tugs designed to serve as minesweepers and conduct heavy-duty towing work at navy yards.

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Navajo-class
The ''Cherokee'' class of Tugboat, fleet tugboats, originally known as the ''Navajo'' class, were built for the United States Navy prior to the start of World War II. They represented a radical departure from previous ocean-going tug designs, and were far more capable of extended open ocean travel than their predecessors. This was due in large part to their length of , beam, and substantial fuel-carrying capacity. They were also the first large surface vessels in the United States Navy to be equipped with Diesel–electric transmission, Diesel-electric drive. The first three vessels, , and , were constructed from 1938 to 1940 at the Bethlehem Staten Island division of Bethlehem Steel. ''Navajo'' and ''Seminole'' joined the Pacific fleet in 1940, and ''Cherokee'' went to the Atlantic fleet. ''Navajo'' was en route to San Diego from Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and immediately reversed course to Pearl Harbor once news broke of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack. She ...
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