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USS ATR-73


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Foxtrot - Quebec
 NHFQ
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, 11 December 1943, at Bellingham Marine Railway and Boat Building Co., Bellingham, WA.
  • Launched, 25 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS ATR-73, 1 January 1945, LTjg. E. L. Givins in command
  • During World War II USS ATR-73 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold in 1945 to Meseck Towing & Transportation Co.Inc. New York, N.Y. renamed Judith Meseck
  • Laid up in 1946
  • Final Disposition, broken up in the 1950s at Witte Yard, Newark, N.J.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 852 t.(lt) 1,315 t.(fl)
    Length 165' 6"
    Beam 33' 4"
    Draft 15' 6"
    Speed 12.2 kts.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 47
    Propulsion
    one Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines
    two Foster Wheeler "D"-type boilers 260psi Sat°
    two turbo-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,600shp
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    ATR-73 84k USS ATR-73 on her return to San Francisco from the western Pacific circa early 1946 and before her transit to the East Coast for decommissioning.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 81044, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
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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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    Last Updated 10 November 2023