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ATA-230

Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:

Laid down in 1946 by the Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX

Launched, date unknown

Canceled by the War Shipping Administration in 1946

Sold in 1949 to General Motors

Completed 1i 1950 by Levingston Shipbuilding entering service for General Motors as the ug G.W. Covington

Resold in 1952 to Great Lake Dredge & Dock Co., Chicago, IL. renamed William P.Feeley

Resold in 1972 to William W.Stender, Port Huron, MI., renamed William W.Stender

Resold in 1976 to Hannah Marine Corp., Chicago, IL., renamed Mary Page Hannah

Resold, date unknown, to Selvick Marine Towing, name retained

Renamed Donny S. in 2014

Selvick Marine Towing became Sarter Marine Towing in 2019.

Sold in 2021 and towed to Baileys Harbor, WI., where she was expected to be scrapped

Current Disposition, June 2021, abandoned and moored, engineless, in Baileys Harbor, WI.

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 5 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