USS Sonoma (AT-12) was a Sonoma-class fleet tug which had the distinction of serving her country during World War I and World War II. For her work as a tugboat in some very dangerous battle areas, she earned five battle stars during World War II. She ended her battle career gallantly, sunk by a crashed Japanese bomber.
The second U.S. Navy warship to be named Sonoma, the tug was laid down on 7 November 1911, at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 11 May 1912; and commissioned on 6 September 1912, Chief Boatswain William Darrington in command.
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