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USS Cusabo (ATF-155)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Oscar - November
 NPON
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Cusabo (ATF-155) was transferred to Ecuador, renamed BAE Los Rios
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 18 September 1944, as Cusabo (AT-155), at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug, 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 26 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS Cusabo (ATF-155), 19 May 1945, LT. Walter Hunnewell, Jr., USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Cusabo was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 3 December 1946, at Bremerton, WA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1978
  • Transferred, cash sale, under the Security Assistance Program to Ecuador, 30 August 1978, renamed BAE Los Rios
  • Renamed BAE Cayambe, date unknown
  • Assigned various pennant numbers from 1963 (R01, R51, R101, R711 and RA71) until deleted in 1999
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,240 t.(lt) 1,675 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38'6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 80
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel Oil 2,275 Bbls
    Propulsion
    four GM 12-278A 750hp Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
    two Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    one Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    single propeller 3,000shp
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    USS Cusabo (ATF-155)
    Chilula 1611k Overall view of Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Charleston S.C., in January 1945. Six ATF's are visible; three fitting out and three on the ways. Photo was taken from the mainmast of USS Chawasha (ATF-151) which was also fitting out. From front to back they are:
    USS Chilula (ATF-153)
    USS Cahuilla (ATF-152)
    USS Chimariko (ATF-154)
    USS Nipmuc (ATF-157)
    USS Cusabo (ATF-155)
    USS Luiseno (ATF-156).
    US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Alan Owens
    Luiseno 1874k Overall view of Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Charleston S.C., in January 1945. Seven ATF's are visible, three on the ways at right, and four fitting out at left. From front to back they are:
    USS Luiseno (ATF-156)
    USS Cusabo (ATF-155)
    USS Nipmuc (ATF-157)
    USS Chimariko (ATF-154)
    USS Cahuilla (ATF-152)
    USS Chilula (ATF-153) and
    USS Chawasha (ATF-151).
    US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Alan Owens
    BAE Cayambe (R-01)
    Cusabo 44k Ex-USS Cusabo (ATF-155) at anchor while in Ecuadorian Naval service, circa 1966, as BAE Cayambe (R-01), location unknown.
    Ecuadorian Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Cusabo (ATF-155)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Hunnewell Jr., Walter, USNR19 May 1945 - 8 February 1946
    02LT. Dement, John Simpson, USN8 February 1946 - 3 December 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    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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