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HMRT Favourite (W-119)
ex
 BAT-3
Caddo (ATA-128)


BAT-3 transferred to the Royal Navy for the duration of World War II
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug / Favourite Class British Rescue Tug:
  • Planned and approved as Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-128
  • Named Caddo, 9 March 1942
  • Redesignated BAT-3, 15 April 1942, destined for lend-lease to Great Britain
  • Laid down, 25 October 1941, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 17 February 1942
  • Delivered to the US Navy and transferred to Great Britain, 15 June 1942
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMRT Favourite (W-119)
  • Returned to US custody, 27 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1946
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission, 18 October 1946, for merchant service to Moran Towing Co., New York, renamed Susan A. Moran, later in 1946 renamed Eugene F. Moran
  • Sold to foreign buyers in 1947, renamed Monsanto reflagged Portugal, renamed Monte Branco in 1975
  • Final Disposition, deleted from the Lloyds Shipping Register in 1993, scrapped at Setubal, Portugal
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10" (extreme)
    Draft 13' 2" (limiting)
    Speed 13 kts. (trial)
    Complement
    5 Officers
    40 Enlisted
    Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.
    Armament
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 1300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one General Motors Diesel-electric model 12-278A
    single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear
    Ship's Service Generators
     one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
     one Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 1,500shp
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    HMRT Favourite (W-119)
    ATA-128 202k HMRT Favourite (W-119) underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from "The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939-1945" Vol. 3, by D. K. Brown, RCNC, Conway Maritime Press.    		 Robert Hurst
    Merchant Service
    ATA-128 292k Ex-HMRT Favourite (W-119) (ex-Caddo (ATA-128)) in commercial service as the tug Monte Branco at Setubal, Portugal, 23 June 1981.
    Photos by Capt. Jan Melchers    		 Joe Haver
    ATA-128 178k
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