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USS ATR-59


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Foxtrot - Victor
 NGFV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug:
  • Laid down, 22 November 1943, at Delaware Bay Shipbuilding, Leesburg, N.J.
  • Launched, 4 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS ATR-59, 7 December 1944, LT. F. H. Matthews, in command
  • During World War II ATR-59 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Service Squadron Two
  • Decommissioned, 27 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Sold for commercial service in 1947, named Myrtle E Wilson US flagged
  • 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 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 Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
    two Foster Wheeler "D"-type boilers, 200psi, Sat
    two Turbo drive Ships Service Generators, 60kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 1,600shp
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    ATR-59
    094005901    		 71k Launching of ATR-59, 4 September 1944, at Delaware Bay Shipbuilding, Leesburg, N.J.
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors    		 John Spivey
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    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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