USS Yuma ( AT - 94 ) USS Yuma ( AT - 94 / ATF - 94 / T - ATF - 94 ) was a constructed for the United States Navy during World War II . She was the second U . S . Navy ship named for the Yuma tribe of Arizona . " Yuma " was laid down in February 1943 , launched in July 1943 , and commissioned in August 1943 . She was in length , abeam , and displaced . She was armed with a single gun and four anti - aircraft gun s of smaller caliber s . " Yuma " served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and earned two battle star s . After the war she remained in service in the Far East through 1949 . After a one - year stint on the West Coast , " Yuma " returned to the Pacific and served in the combat zone of the Korean War in 1951 and 1952 , earning two battle stars for her service . She alternated between operating out of Pearl Harbor , Guam , Japan , and the Aleutians over the next three years . After her 1955 return to the west coast , " Yuma " was decommission ed . In 1958 , " Yuma " was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service and placed in service as USNS Yuma ( T - ATF - 94 ) . After a short period of west coast operations , " Yuma " steamed to Karachi , Pakistan , where she was taken out of service . She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in March 1959 , she was turned over to Pakistan on loan for operation as the Pakistan Navy ship PNS Madadgar ( A - 234 ) . Her ultimate fate is unknown . World War II . " Yuma " was laid down on 13 February 1943 at Portland , Oregon , by the Commercial Iron Works ; launched on 17 July 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs W . J . Jones ; and commissioned on 31 August 1943 , LT W . R . J . Hayes , USN , Commanding . She underwent shakedown in September 1943 and about 10 weeks of operations along the west coast . The tugboat then departed San Francisco , California on 12 December 1943 , bound for the southwestern Pacific . She arrived at Melbourne , Australia , on 1 February 1944 and operated in Australian waters for the next three months ; visiting the ports of Sydney , Fremantle , and Brisbane as a unit of the U . S . 7th Fleet . At the end of April 1944 , the ship was reassigned to the U . S . 3rd Fleet and moved to Nouméa , New Caledonia . On 4 June 1944 , she returned to 7th Fleet at Milne Bay , New Guinea , to prepare for the landings on Noemfoor Island and at Cape Sansapor , both of which she supported in July 1944 . In August 1944 , she was underway to the South Pacific for duty in the Solomon and New Hebrides Islands . That assignment lasted until February 1945 when she headed for the Marianas and service in support of the U . S . 5th Fleet . She arrived at Saipan on 11 February 1945 and remained there until sailing for the invasion of the Ryūkyūs assigned to the Western Islands Attack Group , Task Group ( TG ) 51 . 1 , during the third week in March 1945 . Attached to the force to conquer Kerama Retto for use as a forward base , she moved into that anchorage almost a week before the initial assault on Okinawa on 1 April 1945 and remained there until mid - May , supporting the forces afloat around the island . She towed several battle - damaged and kamikaze - crashed ships to safety . One of these vessels was , crashed by a suicide plane on 1 April 1945 during a feigned landing operation along the island ' s southern coast . At mid - May 1945 , the fleet tugboat concluded her six - week tour of duty at the Okinawa inferno and set course , via Guam , for Ulithi where she arrived on 24 May 1945 . On 7 June 1945 , she stood out of Ulithi for a month of duty at Leyte which ended on 18 July 1945 and departed for the Marshalls . She arrived at Eniwetok on 24 July 1945 and remained until the beginning of the second week in September 1934 . She then sailed to the Philippines for occupation duty in Japan . Post - war operations . Arriving in Tokyo Bay on 18 September 1945 , she provided support services for American forces in Japan until the first week in April 1946 . On the 05 1946 , the tug left Japan , bound for Hawaii . She arrived at Oahu on 18 April 1945 and remained there until 26 August 1946 , when she headed back to the Far East . She arrived in Yokosuka , Japan , on 10 September 1946 and resumed duty with American occupation forces in Asia . Over the next six months , she provided towing services in Japan , Korea , the Philippines , China , and the Ryūkyūs . " Yuma " left the Far East again in May 1947 , departing from Samar in the Philippines . She stopped at Pearl Harbor briefly in June 1947 and continued on to San Francisco , California , where she arrived on 10 June 1947 . In July 1947 , the tug voyaged to Pearl Harbor before returning to the west coast at Puget Sound on 28 July 1947 . From that time until February 1948 , she operated along the western coast of the United States , visiting ports in Washington , Oregon , and California . Late in February 1948 , she sailed to Pearl Harbor and thence proceeded to the Aleutian Islands where she operated until late August 1948 . In September 1948 , she steamed to Tsingtao , China , making one round - trip run between Tsingtao and Yokosuka before departing the former port , bound for Oahu on 29 November 1948 . The tug entered port at Pearl Harbor on 27 December 1948 and remained there until 7 January 1949 at which time she got underway to return to the west coast . She spent February and March 1949 engaged in normal west coast operations and in April 1949 returned to the Aleutians where she served until late August 1949 . The tug resumed duty along the California coast upon her arrival in San Francisco on 27 August 1949 . In December , she made a round - trip voyage to Pearl Harbor and back to the west coast . On 9 February 1950 , " Yuma " departed San Diego , California , for Oahu and arrived in Pearl Harbor 10 days later . After almost two months of duty at Pearl Harbor , the tugboat got underway on 10 April 1950 for a mission in the Pacific Trust Territories . Based at Guam , she performed duty at Taongi Atoll and Kusaie Island in the Carolines , at Koror in the Palaus , and at Saipan . On 9 July 1950 , she departed Guam and , four days later , arrived in Yokosuka , Japan . Korean War operations . That move , however , did not presage her early participation in the war which had broken out in Korea just two weeks earlier for , after visits to Sasebo in Japan and to Subic Bay in the Philippines , she returned to Guam on 2 August 1950 and resumed duty in the Pacific Trust Territories for another year . During that 12 - month period , she visited Japanese ports and , no doubt , performed missions in distant support for the United Nations forces fighting in Korea . She also made several voyages to Pearl Harbor and operated at various islands — notably Kwajalein , Eniwetok , and Guam in the Trust Territories . In September 1951 , she returned to Japan , arriving at Sasebo on 17 September 1951 . With that arrival , " Yuma " began her seven months of duty in the combat zone . She made numerous voyages between Japanese ports and Wonsan , Korea , in support of the troops and ships fighting in and around Korea . On 10 October 1951 , with USS Reclaimer ( ARS - 42 ) , she towed the Royal Navy hospital ship RFA Maine which had lost a propeller , on a westward passage through the crowded and narrow Shimonoseki Straits . This was the only hospital ship supporting U . N . Forces at that time . She concluded her brief interlude with the Korean War on 22 April 1952 when she departed Sasebo , bound for Pearl Harbor . She arrived in Oahu on 5 May 1952 and , for most of the year , made voyages from Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok and Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands in support of the nuclear testing in progress there . She completed that service in November 1952 , returning to Pearl Harbor on 21 November 1952 . In January and February 1954 , she operated at Midway Island with USS Current ( ARS - 22 ) during the salvage of a grounded civilian ship , SS Quartette . Following overhaul at Pearl Harbor during the spring and summer of 1954 , she returned to the Aleutians once more for duty and , for the next 18 months , alternated between Alaskan and Hawaiian waters . Later career . In February 1955 , the tugboat returned to the west coast where she operated until decommissioned on 11 November 1955 . " Yuma " was berthed at Astoria Oregon , until 17 January 1958 at which time she was placed in service as USNS Yuma ( T - AF - 94 ) and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) . She cruised the coasts of Washington , Oregon , and California for most of the year . In early June 1958 USS Tinian ( CVE - 123 ) was taken in tow at Tacoma , Washington , by " Yuma " ; destined for San Diego , California . While very near the Swiftsure Bank lightship , Neah Bay , Washington ; at the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca , " Yuma " developed engine troubles . " Yuma ' s " distress call brought the USCGC Fir ( WLM - 212 ) to her rescue . The crew of the Swiftsure lightship went to general quarters , ready to assist . USCGC Fir ( WLM - 212 ) then escorted " Yuma " and " Tinian " to safety . On 9 June 1958 " Yuma " arrived in San Diego , California with " Tinian " . On 3 December 1959 , she departed Astoria Oregon and headed — via Pearl Harbor and Midway Island for the Far East . She arrived in Yokosuka Japan , on 16 January 1959 , at Hong Kong on 3 February 1959 , Singapore on 20 February 1959 , Ceylon on 27 February 1959 , Bombay on 7 March 1959 , and finally at Karachi , Pakistan , on 11 March 1959 . There , she was placed out of service and turned over to Pakistan on loan . She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register , 25 March 1959 . On that day , she was transferred to Pakistan and renamed PNS Madadgar ( A - 234 ) . Her ultimate fate is unknown . References . 3 . US Department of Homeland Security . United States Coast Guard Historian ' s Office . http : / / www . uscg . mil / history /