USS Sagamore (AT-20)
USS "Sagamore" (AT-20) was a which served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1946. "Sagamore" was originally laid down on 24 May 1917 as "Commanche" (SP-3296), as a steel-hulled ocean-going tug, at Buffalo Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, N.Y. under a War Shipping Board contract. "Commanche" was renamed "Sagamore" on 30 October 1917, launched in November 1917 and transferred to the Navy on 5 December 1917. She was completed and commissioned on 8 June 1918 at the Boston Navy Yard with Lieutenant (junior grade) Claus K. R. Clausen in command. "Sagamore" was designated as  a Fleet Tug (AT-20) on 17 July 1920. She was mostly employed in routine duties in New England. In March 1928 she was employed in the raising of the sunken submarine "S-4". For his service in this operation, her commanding officer Chief Boatswain George Cregan, a Medal of Honor recipient, received the Navy Cross. "Sagamore" was reclassified, Fleet Tug Old, (ATO-20) on 14 May 1944 and decommissioned on 31 August 1946, at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was struck from the Naval Register on 28 January 1947 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal. "Sagamore  was sold on 24 December 1947, to Hughes Brothers of New York City for $11,327. She was acquired in 1948 by McAllister Brothers Towing and renamed John E. McAllister". She was scrapped in 1953 at Baltimore, Maryland.