USS ''Skenandoa'' (YT-336), later YTM-336, was a

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

harbor

tug A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, suc ...

named for

Oneida Oneida may refer to: Native American/First Nations * Oneida people, a Native American/First Nations people and one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy * Oneida language * Oneida Indian Nation, based in New York * Oneida Na ...

chief,

Skenandoa John Skenandoa (; c. 1706 – March 11, 1816), also called Shenandoah () among other forms, was an elected chief (a so-called "pine tree chief") of the Oneida. He was born into the Iroquoian-speaking Susquehannocks, but was adopted into th ...

. Built in 1909 as a commercial tug, ''Mathilda Foss'' was acquired by the U.S. Navy for

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

service on 11 February 1943 and was placed in service as ''Skenandoa''. ''Skenandoa'' spent her navy career operating in the

Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kur ...

. She was reclassified as a medium harbor tug and redesignated YTM-336 on 15 May 1944. The navy returned ''Skenandoa'' to her owners on 25 January 1946.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skenandoa (YT-336) Tugs of the United States Navy World War II auxiliary ships of the United States 1909 ships