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  Sacagawea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Sacagawea (YT-326) was built in 1925 and acquired by the Navy from Brazil in 1942 as Almirante No-ronka.
She was renamed Sacagawea on 1 September 1942 and was placed in service as a harbor tug at Charleston, S. C., upon her delivery on 30 September.
Sacagawea was then turned over to the State Department for disposal and was sold to foreign purchasers in May 1946.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s2/sacagawea-i.htm   (168 words)

  
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The name Sacagawea will honor the Lemhi Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition into the Northwest region of the United States.
Two harbor tugs, YT 241 (1942) and YT 326 (1942-1945), have been named Sacagawea.
Sacagawea is 689 feet in length, has an overall beam of 105 feet, a navigational draft of 30 feet, and displaces approximately 42,000 tons.
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 Science Fair Projects - List of United States Navy ships named for women
She was named for Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman.
The name was assigned to tug acquired by Maritime Commission for but ended up being retained by Maritime Commission and was not commissioned in the Navy.
Harbor tug Sacagawea (YT-326) (later desingation of YTM-326) served in Charleston harbor from 1942 to 1945.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships_named_for_women   (802 words)

  
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Their well-documented expedition of two years and 6,000 miles opened vast new territories to the United States and allowing American settlers and traders to travel the routes they had blazed.
The second ship will be Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) in honor of a Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition into the Northwest region of the United States.
Legendary for her perseverance and resourcefulness, Sacagawea (1788-1812) provided invaluable assistance to the explorers through her knowledge of topography and edible roots and plants previously unknown to European- Americans.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/auxiliaries/sacagawea/naming.txt   (628 words)

  
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Sacagawea YT-241 Yard tug 1942 World War II The Sacagawea was named for Sakakawea (Sacagawea), the Hidatsa wife of Charbonneau, who translated for the Lewis aned Clark expedition from Fort Mandan to the Pacific and back, 1804-1806.
Sacagawea YT-326 Yard tug 1942-1945 World War II The Sacagawea was named for Sakakawea (Sacagawea), the Hidatsa wife of Charbonneau, who translated for the Lewis and Clark expedition from Fort Mandan to the Pacific and back, 1804-1806.
The Sacagawea was named for Sakakawea (Sacagawea), the Hidatsa wife of Charbonneau, who translated for the Lewis and Clark expedition from Fort Mandan to the Pacific and back, 1804-1806.
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 DefenseLink News Release: NAVY SECRETARY NAMES NEW T-AKE CLASS SHIPS
The name of the new class and first ship of that class will be Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) to honor the two explorers who led a visionary project that was to become one of American history's greatest adventure stories.
The second ship will be Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) in honor of the Shoshone woman living with the Hidatsa in North Dakota who acted as guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition into the Northwest region of the United States.
Sacagawea's role emphasizes that successful exploration involves many brave and resourceful people from many backgrounds.
www.defenselink.mil /releases/2000/b10272000_bt662-00.html   (741 words)

  
 NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense
The Navy will christen the USNS Sacagawea, the newest ship in the Lewis and Clark class of underway replenishment ships on Saturday, June 24, 2006, during a 7:15 p.m.
The name Sacagawea will honor the Lemhi Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition into the Northwest region of the United States.
The USNS Sacagawea is 689 feet in length, has an overall beam of 105 feet, a navigational draft of 30 feet, and displaces approximately 42,000 tons.
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 Flurry of ship commissionings, launchings, namings mark 2000 finale Sea Power - Find Articles
T-AKE-2 will be named Sacagawea for the Shoshone woman who served as guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark.
She is credited with saving the expedition's journals after one of their canoes capsized on the Missouri River.
Two previous U.S. Navy ships, harbor tugs YT 241 (1942) and YT 326 (1942-1945), have been named Sacagawea.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200012/ai_n8920905   (745 words)

  
 Levingston Shipbuilding
Later YT 341, later ATA 245, scrapped 1976
To USN 1942 as Uncas (YT 242), later YTB 242, sold 1947
To Britain as W 119, returned 1946, sold private 1946 as Susan A. Moran, later Eugene F. Moran and Monsanto
www.coltoncompany.com /shipbldg/ussbldrs/wwii/boatbuilders/shipyards/levingston.htm   (193 words)

  
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Speaking of Lewis and Clark, I saw a nice in exhibit on Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea in the Smithsonian while at the convention.
The USNS Sacagawea is the second ship in the Navy's new 11-ship
T-AKE is a combat logistics force vessel intended to replace
www.uscs.org /chat/files/060106.html   (17807 words)

  
 Yesterday's Tractors - Discussion Forum
Re: not tool talk but money talk in reply to mpuller2, 11-26-2006 17:32:02
What I don't understand is when I read in the paper last week about the miserable failure of the Susie B. and Sacagawea (sp?) dollar.
I have yet to receive either for change.
www.ytmag.com /cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=toolt&th=181475   (1470 words)

  
 INDEX of the Annals of Wyoming - B
Billington, Ray Allen 49:2:226-227, 230-231, 241; 59:2:6; 65:2/3:16 (see also introduction to Probing the American West; Soldier and Brave)
Black Bear 17:1:9; 27:2:148; 41:1:42, 55-56; 41:2:211, 215-219, 221-222, 237, 241; 43:2:249; 46:1:10, 21, 32; 46:2:227; 47:1:61 (see also Arapaho; Sioux)
Bureau of Biological Survey 50:2:229, 231-232, 241, 249, 262-263, 275-276, 300
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