Abnaki-class tug

USS Abnaki (right), alongside a Soviet trawler
Class overview
Name: Abnaki class
Built: 1942–1945
In commission: 1943–2009
Completed: 22
Lost: 2
General characteristics
Type: Ocean fleet tug
Displacement: 1,589 tons
Length: 205 ft 0 in (62.48 m)
Beam: 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft: 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion:
  • 4 × General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines
  • 4 × General Electric generators
  • 3 × General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines
  • Single screw
  • 3,600 shp (2,700 kW)
Speed: 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range:

6000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 16 knots

15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km) at 8 knots
Complement: 85
Armament:
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) guns
  • 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns
USS Moctobi (Lion) and USS Quapaw (Tiger) in 2011

The Abnaki-class tug is a class of United States Navy fleet ocean tugs which began construction in November 1942. Comprising 22 oceangoing tugboats, the class was constructed in response to the needs of World War II, but members of the class served in the Korean War and Vietnam War as well. The United States Navy no longer has any ships of this class in active duty.

Ships

  • USS Abnaki (ATF-96) – commissioned: 1943; decommissioned: 1978; fate: transferred to Mexico
  • USS Alsea (AT-97) – commissioned: 1943; decommissioned: 1962; fate: scrapped
  • USS Arikara (AT-98) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1971; fate: transferred to Chile as Aldea (ATF-63)
  • USS Chowanoc (ATF-100) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1977; fate: transferred to the Ecuadorian Navy, renamed BAE Chimborazo (RA-70), still in service. Notable as last ship served on by Richard Benjamin Harrison of Pawn Stars. It received four battle stars in World War II and one in the Korean War.[1]
  • USS Cocopa (ATF-101) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1978; fate: transferred to Mexico
  • USS Moctobi (ATF-105) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1985; fate: transferred to other government agency in 1997, still afloat as Lion (as of April 2011)
  • USS Molala (ATF-106) – commissioned: 1943; fate: transferred to foreign government in 1978
  • USS Munsee (AT-107) – commissioned: 1948; fate: scrapped in 1978
  • USS Pakana (AT-108) – commissioned: 1945; decommissioned: 1948; fate: assigned to U.S. Bureau of Mines for use in Alaska; 27 May 1975, disposed of via sinking by gunfire.
  • USS Potawatomi (AT-109) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1948; fate: transferred to Chile, renamed Janequeo ATF-65, sunk in 1965 with loss of 65 men.
  • USS Quapaw (ATF-110) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1985; sold private 1998; fate: as "Tiger", sank pierside at Richmond, CA on 11 December 2011 during preparations for transfer to breakers
  • USS Sarsi (ATF-111) – commissioned: 1944; lost 27 August 1952 (naval mine) with 4 men killed
  • USS Seranno (ATF-112) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1970; fate: scrapped
  • USS Takelma (ATF-113) – commissioned: 1944; fate: transferred to Argentine Navy in 1993, renamed ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6)[2]
  • USS Tawakoni (ATF-114) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1978; fate: transferred to Taiwan,still in service.
  • USS Tenino (ATF-115) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1947; fate: transferred to U.S. Maritime Administration
  • USS Tolowa (ATF-116) – commissioned: 1944; decommissioned: 1947; fate: unknown
  • USS Wateree (ATF-117) – commissioned: 1945; lost 9 October 1945 (typhoon) with 8 men killed
  • USS Wenatchee (ATF-118) – commissioned: 1945; decommissioned: 1947; fate: transferred to U.S. Maritime Administration
  • USS Atakapa (ATF-149) – commissioned: 1944; fate: disposed of during training exercise in 2000
  • USS Luiseno (ATF-156) – commissioned: 1945; fate: transferred to Argentina in 1975 as ARA Francisco de Gurruchaga (A-3).
  • USS Nipmuc (ATF-157) – commissioned: 1945; fate: transferred to foreign government in 1978
  • USS Mosopelea (ATF-158) – commissioned: 1945; fate: disposed of during training exercise in 1999
  • USS Papago (ATF-160) – commissioned: 1945; fate: transferred to other government agency in 1997
  • USS Salinan (ATF-161) – commissioned: 1945; fate: transferred to foreign government in 1978
  • USS Utina (ATF-163) – commissioned: 1946; decommissioned: 1971; fate: transferred to Venezuela

References

  1. ↑ "April Fooled". Pawn Stars. Season 8. Episode 49. April 3, 2014. History.
  2. ↑ "Avisos Clase "Irigoyen" ["Irigoyen" class notices]". Armada Argentina [Argentine Armed Forces official website] - (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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