Hoga (YT-146/YTB-146/YTM-146) is a United States Navy Woban -class district harbor tug named after the Sioux Indian word for "fish." After World War II, the tug was known as Port of Oakland and then City of Oakland when she was a fireboat in Oakland, California.

We are the only place in the world where you can see two floating Naval vessels that bookend World War II: the tugboat Hoga, designated a National Historic Landmark and recognized for her efforts during the Pearl Harbor attack of 1941; and the submarine USS Razorback, which was in Tokyo Bay during the formal surrender of Japan, ending World War II.

USS Hoga (YT 146) is best known for her actions during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Getting underway within 10 minutes after the first Japanese bombs fell, she went to work rescuing sailors in the water, fighting fires, and pulling ships out of harm’s way.

USS Hoga was commissioned in 1941 as a Navy yard tug. The vessel was assigned to the Pearl Harbor district and was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1942.

USS Hoga (YT-146) isn’t particularly well-known among the ships that were based at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack on December 7, 1941. The much-larger battleships, with their thousands of crewmen, were the primary targets for the Imperial Japanese Navy. But Hoga was there, and she sprang into action in the midst of the chaos.

The USS Hoga (YT-146, aka City of Oakland) was instrumental in assisting men and U.S. naval ships during the World War II Battle of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. She was moored at Dock 1010 at the time of the attack. Under orders to “assist wherever they could,” the crew of the Hoga rescued two men from the harbor water.

2024年12月7日 · The USS Hoga (YT-146) is a Woban -class District Harbor Tug built in 1940. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 in recognition of actions during the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

2024年8月16日 · Hoga served as a harbor tug in Hawaii (the 14th Naval District) through all of World War II, starting with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December and ending her war service there on...

Hoga (YT-146) and USS Avocet (AVP-4) assist USS Nevada (BB-36) aground and burning off Waipio Point, after the end of the Japanese air raid at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Hoga (YT-146) is alongside USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning after the Japanese attack, 7 …

2012年12月5日 · The tugboat ex-USS Hoga (YT 146) is currently on blocks in drydock in California, undergoing repairs and maintenance. When completed, Hoga will be towed to the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum (AIMM) in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The tugboat will take her place alongside another historic World War II boat, the submarine USS Razorback (SS 394).