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USS Sciota (ATO-30)
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 USS Sciota (AT-30) (1920 - 1944)
 USS Sciota (Fleet Tug No 30) (1919 - 1920)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Victor - Kilo
 NEVK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal (with bronze star in lieu of Fleet Clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Tadousac Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 30 November1918 as Watauga at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton , WA.
  • Renamed Sciota, date unknown
  • Launched, 11 June 1919
  • Commissioned USS Sciota (Fleet Tug No. 30), 13 November 1919, LTjg. Oscar A. Stewart USN in command
  • Decommissioned, 21 December 1926, at Philadelphia Navy Yard
  • Recommissioned, 16 August 1940
  • Designated Fleet Tug (AT-30), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified, Fleet Tug Old (ATO-30), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 16 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,000 t. 1182 t. (lim)
    Length 156'8"
    Beam 34' 10"
    Draft 15' 10" (lim)
    Speed 10.t kts. (trial)
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
    Complement
    5 officers
    56 enlisted
    Armament 2 .50 cal. machine guns
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 1,615 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Globe Iron Works vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
    two Scotch single end boilers, 200psi Sat°
    two turbo-drive 25Kw 120V D.C. Ship's service generators
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    Sciota 105k USS Sciota (AT-30) at anchor, circa 1920s. Sciota was assigned to the 15th Naval District in the Canal Zone from 1920 to 1933, when she was laid up at Philadelphia until 1940. Although not assigned to aviation duty, she is here carrying an aircraft that may have been based at the Coco Solo Naval Air Station. The side number on the aircraft is 8-T-20.
    U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # Unknown a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    Sciota 100k USS Sciota (AT-30) resting on keel blocks after being raised, 4 March 1925. Apparently Sciota sunk while in the canal in March 1925,
    US National Archives RG 17, photo # Unknown.    		 Ron Reeves
    Sciota
    096403003    		 166k USS Sciota (AT-30) berthed at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA, 2 Aug 1941. She had recently been re-activated from the 4th ND reserves and was attached to the Tidewater area's Sea Frontier Command.
    Photos by George Strock, Life Magazine. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose.    		 John Chiquoine
    Sciota
    096403004    		 242k
    USS Sciota (AT-30 / ATO-30)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Stewart, Oscar A., USN13 November 1919 - 4 November 1921
    02CHBOSN Martin, William, USN4 November 1921 - 15 August 1922
    03CHBOSN Hannafin, Maurice John, USNRF15 August 1922 - 1 June 1926
    04CHBOSN Kevers, John Herbert, USN1 June 1926 - 21 December 1926
     Decommissioned21 December 1926 - 11 July 1928
    05CHBOSN Kevers, John Herbert, USN11 July 1928 - 12 July 1930
    06LT. Rathbun, Van Fitch, USN (USNA 1920)12 July 1930 - 1 February 1933
     Decommissioned1 February 1933 - 2 December 1940
    07LT. Carter, Beverly Ernest, USN2 December 1940 - 15 January 1941
    08LTjg. Brown, William Ruben, USN15 January 1941 - 16 October 1944
    09LT. Berg, Kenneth Leroy, USN16 October 1944 - 31 August 1945
    10LT. Anto, John, USN31 August 1945 - 16 January 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    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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