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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USS ATR-71

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Golf - India
NTGI

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, 3 July 1943, at Bellingham Iron Work Inc., Bellingham, WA.

Launched, 19 February 1944

Commissioned USS ATR-71, 12 October 1944, LTjg J.B.Walker, in command

During World War II USS ATR-71 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Departed Pearl Harbor, 17 February 1945 for the Forward Area

Decommissioned in November 1946

Struck from the Naval Register in March 1947

Sold to George Milburn, Seattle WA. in May 1948

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 Foster Wheeler "D"-type boilers, 200psi, Sat
two Turbo drive Ships Service Generators, 60kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 1,600 hp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
259k	LTjg J.B. Walker reads his orders assuming command of USS ATR-71 during the commissioning ceremony at Bellingham Marine Railway and Boat Building Co., Bellingham, WA.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
230k	Bow view of USS ATR-71 under way in Puget Sound, probably during acceptance trials. Her paint is camouflage pattern number/measure 31/18D.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
245k	Port broadside view of USS ATR-71 under way, at speed, in Puget Sound, probably during acceptance trials. Her paint is camouflage pattern number/measure 31/18D.	Rick Brendon and Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
248k	USS ATR-71 drydocked at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, probably early 1945.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
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243k	USS ATR-71 drydocked at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, port side looking forward probably early 1945.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
219k	USS ATR-71 drydocked at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, port side looking forward, probably early 1945.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
420k	USS ATR-71 crew at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands early 1945: seated center, Edward Bussey, to his left, Alex Perkoski, to his left Clyde Bull. Standing in back, David Coppock, James Ryan, standing at far right is "THE DOC", Ph mate Ranado Cordoni.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
215k	USS ATR-71 at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, date unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
101k	USS ATR-71 salvage divers, left to right; (left to right) Bratt, Perkoski, Sullivan, Perkison, date and location unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
92k	USS ATR-71 salvage divers, (left to right) Sullivan kneeling, Perkoski, Perkison sitting, Bratt standing, date and location unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
92k	USS ATR-71 salvage divers, Bratt, Perkoski, Sullivan, and Perkison, suited, date and location unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
127k	USS ATR-71 crew members; left, Perkoski, center 2 unknowns, right, Sullivan, date and location unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
147k	USS ATR-71 officers, Commanding Officer LTjg. J.B. Walker, center, date and location unknown..	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
113k	USS ATR-71 officer, name unknown, circa 1944-45.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
387k	USS ATR-71 arriving at Okinawa at daybreak with a vessel in tow. 1945.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
265k	USS ATR-71 partial crew photo, date and location unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
202k	USS ATR-71 partial crew photo, date and location unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
212k	USS ATR-71 partial crew photo, date and location unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
195k	USS ATR-71 mascot "Tuffy," date and location unknown.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
194k	USS ATR-71 under way probably circa 14 to 15 September 1945 during either Typhoon Ursula or Typhoon Ida. Both storms raged concurrently during this period.	Dan Sullivan for his father CMM Ray Sullivan USN, Salvage Diver USS ATR-71 (deceased)
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