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''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 guns of smaller calibers. ''Yuma'' served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and earned two battle stars. 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 decommissioned. 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Yuma (AT-94)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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