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USS ATR-81

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Hotel - Bravo NTHB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from to to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug:

Laid down, 22 March 1943, at Kruse & Banks Ship Building Co. Inc., North Bend, OR.

Launched, 24 February 1944

Commissioned USS ATR-81, 29 April 1944, LT. M. P. Smith in command

During World War II USS ATR-81 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 26 to 28 February 1945

Following World War II USS ATR-81 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 1 October to 5 November 1945

Decommissioned in 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1947 for disposal

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 852 t.(lt) 1,315 t.(fl)
Length 165' 6"
Beam 33' 4"
Draft 15' 6"
Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.
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