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YP-515


YP-515 - International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Golf - Victor
 NFGV
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 USS Tadousac (AT-22) (1920 - 1938)
 USS Tadousac (Fleet Tug #22) (1919 - 1920)
AT-22 - 1927 International Radio Call Sign:
Negative - Able - Zed - Quack
 NAZQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Defense Service Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 22 July 1918, as Chimo (Fleet Tug #22), at Ferguson Steel and Iron Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Launched, 17 February 1919
  • Renamed Tadousac, 24 February 1919
  • Commissioned USS Tadousac (Fleet Tug #22), 13 June 1919, LTjg. Arthur 0. Henderson, USNRF in command
  • Redesignated Fleet Tug (AT-22), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 18 October 1924, at Charleston, S.C.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 April 1938
  • Sold to B.J. Maier, Philadelphia, PA., fate unknown
  • Reacquired, 5 August 1942
  • Placed in service, 1 December 1942, as YP-515
  • During World War II YP-515 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Placed out of service at Guam, 10 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946
  • Final Disposition, destroyed, 10 April 1946
    Specifications:
    Displacement 908 t.(fl) 1,143 t.(fl)
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 35' 7"
    Speed 12.8 kts (trial)
    Draft 15' 6" (lim)
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 56
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t
    Armament
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    NSFO 1,835 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one vertical triple-expansion steam engine
    two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 200psi Sat°
    two turbo-drive 25Kw 120V D.C. Ships' Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,800shp
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    YP-515 93k YP-515 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    YP-515 53k YP-515 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Stan Svec
    USS Tadousac (AT-22) / YP-515
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Henderson, Arthur O., USNRF13 June 1919 - 4 April 1921
    02CHBOSN Guy, Lafayette Purnell4 April 1921 - 23 July 1923
    03BOSN. Halliwell, Birney Oscar23 July 1923 - 5 November 1923
    04Bosn. Fraenzel, Albert Charles5 November 1923 - 18 October 1924
     Decomm - Struck18 October 1924 / 13 August 1938
     Reacquired - Placed in Service 5 August 1942 / 1 December 1942
    06LT. Timble, Russell P., USNR1 June 1943 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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