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Iuka (ATA-123)
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 USS ATA-123 (1944 - 1948)
 USS ATR-45 (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Alpha - Mike
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug:
  • Laid down, 21 November 1942 at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 20 December 1942
  • Commissioned, USS ATR-45, 30 June 1943, LTjg J. L. Hostinsky in command
  • USS ATR-45 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II
  • Reclassified as an Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-123, 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 26 November 1947 at San Pedro, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Named Iuka (ATA-123), 16 July 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia WA, September 1962
  • 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 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 47
    Fuel Capacity
    NSFO 1,620 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Fulton Iron Works vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
    two Babcock and Wilcox "D"-type boilers, 200psi, Sat
    two Turbo drive Ships Service Generators, 60kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 1,600shp
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