Allied Warships

USS Umpqua (AT 25)

Fleet tug of the Bagaduce class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFleet tug
ClassBagaduce 
PennantAT 25 
Built byFerguson Steel &Iron Co. (Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Feb, 1919 
Launched18 Sep, 1919 
Commissioned6 Dec, 1919 
End service24 May, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryReclassified fleet tug old (ATO-25) on 14 May 1944
Decommissioned on 24 May 1946
Stricken on 3 July 1946
Sold on 4 December 1946 

Noteable events involving Umpqua include:

19 Mar, 1942
USS Umpqua picks up 30 survivors from the American merchant Liberator that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-332 3 nautical miles west of the Diamond Shoals Buoy in position 35º05'N, 75º30'W.

23 Mar, 1942
USS Umpqua picks up a survivors from the American tanker Naeco with gunfire. The Neaco was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 about 65 nautical miles south-east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina in position 33º59'N, 76º40'W.


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