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USS ATR-36

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Sierra - Zulu
NGSZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug:

Laid down, 25 September 1942, at Lynch Ship Building, San Diego, CA

Launched, 15 October 1943

Commissioned USS ATR-36, 27 July 1944, at San Diego, CA., LT R. D. Raikes in command

During World War II USS ATR-36 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, circa. January 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 852 t.(lt) 1,315 t.(fl)
Length 165' 6"
Beam 33' 4"
Draft 15' 6"
Speed 12.2 kts
Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.
Armament

one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount

two single 20mm AA gun mounts

Complement

Officers 5

Enlisted 47

Fuel Capacity1,630 Bbls

Propulsion

one Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines

two Foster Wheeler "D" type boilers 200psi Sat°

two turbo-drive Ships' Service Generators, 60Kw, 120V D.C.

single propeller, 1,600 shp