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USS Maricopa (ATA-146)
ex
 USS ATA-146 (1946 - 1949)
 USS ATR-90 (1943 - 1946)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Alpha - Sierra
 NGAS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Maricopa was transferred to Argentina and renamed ARA Yamana (A6)
Maricopa Class Rescue Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 29 May 1942, as BAT-2 at Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX.
  • Reclassified Fleet Tug AT-146, 30 September 1942
  • Launched, 23 October 1942
  • Reclassified Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-90, 5 January 1943
  • Commissioned USS ATR-90, 20 January 1943, LCDR. Myron E. McFarland, USNR in command
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-146, 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 10 July 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 17 October 1947
  • Transferred, 31 October 1947, under the Security Assistance Program to Argentina, renamed ARA Yamana (A6)
  • radeturned in 1947 to the US Navy
  • Named Maricopa (ATA-146), 16 July 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1984
  • Final Disposition, sunk by missile exercise in 1985
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(lt)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 5 Officers, 40 Enlisted
    Armament
    one 3"/50 single dual purpose gun mount
    four 20mm AA gun mounts
    Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.
    Ship's Service Generators
    two Diesel drive 30KW 120DC
    two Diesel drive 20KW 120DC
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks Morse main reduction gear
    single screw, 1,500shp
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    USS ATR-90
    ATR-90 145k USS ATR-90, under way, 16 April 1944, location unknown.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM. Photo No. 19-N-60816, courtesy Shipscribe.com.         		Robert Hurst
    ARA Yamana (A-6)
    ATA-146 31k Ex-USS Maricopa (ATA-146) in Argentine naval service as ARA Yamana (A-6) underway, date and location unknown. Armada Argentina
    ATR-90 56k ARA Yamana (A-6) under way, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy of Carlos Villa Robert Hurst
    USS ATR-90 / USS ATA-146 / USS Maricopa (ATA-146)
    DANFS     history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. McFarland, Myron E., USNR20 January 1943 - 1943ATR-90
    02LT. Silvia Jr., Charles, H., USNR1943 - 1944ATR-90
    03LTjg. Price, William Chappell, USNR1944 - 9 August 1945ATR-90 / ATA-146
    04LT. Henry, William, USNR9 August 1945 - May 1946ATA-146
    05LTjg. Okerstrom, Walter Carl, USNMay 1946 - 10 July 1946ATA-146
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    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 15 May 2020