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USS Tringa (ASR-16)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - November - Kilo
 NJNK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Chanticleer Class Submarine Rescue Ship:
  • Laid down, 12 July 1945, at Savannah Machinery and Foundry, Co., Savannah, GA.
  • Launched, 25 June 1946
  • Commissioned USS Tringa (ASR-16), 28 January 1947, LCDR. Paul C. Cottrell USN in command
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1977
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet, maintenance category X
  • Final Disposition, to be disposed of by target or test, presumed sunk, date unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,780 t.(lt) 2,141 t.(fl)
    Length 251' 4"
    Beam 42'
    Draft 14' 10" (lim)
    Speed 14.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officer 6
    Enlisted 96
    Largest Boom Capacity 20 t.
    Armament
    two single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    eight single 20mm gun mounts
    four depth charge tracks
    Fuel Capacity Diesel-1,785 Bbls
    Propulsion
    four General Motors model 12-278A Diesel engines
    Ship's Service Generators
     two GM Diesel 8-268A Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V D.C.
     one GM Diesel 3-268A drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 3,000shp
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    09321613    		 901k USS Tringa (ASR-16) moored pierside in a Navy shipyard, April 1949.
    U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN-ASR-16 Tringa-133811. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier 7576774    		 Robert Hurst
    Tringa 87k USS Tringa (ASR-16) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Scott Koen
    Tringa 69k USS Tringa (ASR-16) underway, circa 1959, location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1960.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Tringa 100k USS Tringa (ASR-16) under way off Naval Station Key West, circa 1960s.
    Florida Keys Public Libraries image # MM00008913x. From the Ida Woodward Barron Collection    		 Robert Hurst
    Tringa 273k USS Tringa (ASR-16) underway at Genoa, Italy, 24 May 1962. Photo by Carlo Martinelli
    Tringa 59k USS Tringa (ASR-16) at anchor, circa 1966, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Tringa 23k USS Tringa (ASR-16) underway, circa 1966, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Ron Reeves
    Tringa 245k USS Tringa (ASR-16) moored pierside at Lisbon, Portugal in February or March 1969. Photo by Chris Williams USS Tringa
    Tringa 285k USS Tringa (ASR-16) in drydock at Charlestown Naval Shipyard, Boston, MA. in December 1969 while in overhaul. Photo by Chris Williams USS Tringa
    Tringa 111k USS Tringa (ASR-16) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Harold Weinbaum courtesy David A Downey BM2 (DV) USN
    Tringa 136k USS Tringa (ASR-16) under way off the Naval Station Key West circa 1970. Note Waneta (YTM-384) moored in the foreground. Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00003173x, from the Ida Woodward Barron Collection. Robert Hurst
    USS Tringa (ASR-16)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Cottrell, Paul Clifford USN27 January 1947 - 1948
    02LCDR. Fedzyshyn, Michael, USN1948 - 1949
    03LCDR. Flannery, William Jackson, USN1949 - 1951
    04LCDR. Casler, James Burr, USN1951 - 1954
    05LT. Bowling, Roland Alfred USN1954 - 1956
    06LCDR. Nickerson, Norval Eugene, USN1956 - 1 December 1958
    07LCDR. Kincaid, Charlie Thomas, USN1 December 1958 - 1960
    08LCDR. Heller, Glenn Gettus, USN1960 - 1963
    09LT. Walker, Charles, USN1963 - 2 May 1965
    10LCDR. Lanphear, Roy Edward, USN2 May 1965 - 16 January 1967
    11LCDR. McDermott, James Joseph, USN16 January 1967 - 12 September 1969
    12LCDR. Harjehausen, Lawrence Oscar (Larry), USN12 September 1969 - September 1971
    13LCDR. Eichman, Thurman Edwin, USNSeptember 1971 - 1973
    14LCDR. Pendleton, John Edward, USN1973 - August 1974
    15CDR. Ferbrache, Ray Leroy, USNAugust 1974 - 30 September 1977
    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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