| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Sunnadin (AT-28) |
| Namesake | Huron Indian town, Sunyendeand |
| Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 3 December 1918 as Katahdin |
| Launched | 28 February 1919 |
| Commissioned | 20 October 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 4 April 1946 |
| Renamed | Sunnadin on 24 February 1919 |
| Stricken | 8 May 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 15 January 1947. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bagaduce class |
| Displacement | 1,000 (est.) |
| Length | 156 feet 8 inches |
| Beam | 30 feet |
| Draft | 14 foot 7 inches (mean) |
| Speed | 13.0 kts (est.) |
| Complement | 44 |
| Armament | 1 mg. |
The first USS Sunnadin (AT-28), a tug, was laid down on 3 December 1918 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard as Katahdin; renamed Sunnadin on 24 February 1919; launched on 28 February 1919; and commissioned on 20 October 1919. It was named for an Anglicized spelling of the Huron Indian town, Sunyendeand.
Sunnadin was assigned to the 14th Naval District and spent almost a quarter of a century in the Hawaiian Islands operating from Pearl Harbor, towing Navy ships and other sea-going craft between ports in the 14th Naval District. During that time, she changed designations twice. On 17 July 1920 when the Navy first adopted alpha-numeric hull designations, she became AT-28.
She was in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack there on 7 December 1941. On 15 May 1944, she was redesignated ATO-28. In the fall of 1945, Sunnadin was ordered to report to the Commandant, 12th Naval District, for decommissioning and disposal. Sunnadin was decommissioned on 4 April 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 8 May 1946. On 15 January 1947, she was delivered to the Maritime Commission at Mare Island, California, for disposal.