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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USS ATR-37

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Victor - Sierra
NGVS

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug:

Laid down, 30 September 1942, at Lynch Ship Building, San Diego, CA.

Launched, 26 January 1944

Commissioned USS ATR-37, 30 September 1944

Decommissioned , date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold for merchant service in 1946, named Beaver

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1952

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