USS ''Anamosa'' (YTB-409) was a ''Sassaba''-class

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that served in the

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from 1945 to 1978. The ''Anamosa'' was assigned to the

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( 1st Fleet, West Coast) soon after delivery to the Navy. She was at

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in 1947 as navy records indicate she was replaced there that year by . 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

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in May 1978 and she was sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 1 July 1979.

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