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USS ATA-171


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Hotel - Echo
 NHHE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug
  • Planned and approved as Fleet Tug AT-171
  • Laid down in 1943 as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-98 at Gulfport Boiler & Welding, Port Arthur, TX.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-171,
  • Commissioned USS ATA-171 in 1943
  • Final Disposition, lost off the Azores in a collision with USS Abnaki (ATF-96), 12 April 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(lt) 1,360 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2" (limiting)
    Speed 12 kts.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 40
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 1,200 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gears Ship's Service Generators
     one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
     one Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 1,200shp
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 15 March 2013