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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)

Signal Letters/International Radio Call Sign,
Signal Letters 1912-1932 USS Sciota (Fleet Tug No. 30/AT-30) Assigned in 1919 George - Jig - Mike - Boy GJMB	International Radio Call Sign (IRCS) USS Sciota (AT-30/ATO-30) Assigned in 1928 Negative - Easy - Vice - King NEVK

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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

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Final Disposition, fate unknown

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	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
	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
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
096403004	242k

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USS Sciota (AT-30 / ATO-30)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Stewart, Oscar A., USN	13 November 1919 - 4 November 1921
02	CHBOSN Martin, William, USN	4 November 1921 - 15 August 1922
03	CHBOSN Hannafin, Maurice John, USNRF	15 August 1922 - 1 June 1926
04	CHBOSN Kevers, John Herbert, USN	1 June 1926 - 21 December 1926
	Decommissioned	21 December 1926 - 11 July 1928
05	CHBOSN Kevers, John Herbert, USN	11 July 1928 - 12 July 1930
06	LT. Rathbun, Van Fitch, USN (USNA 1920)	12 July 1930 - 1 February 1933
	Decommissioned	1 February 1933 - 2 December 1940
07	LT. Carter, Beverly Ernest, USN	2 December 1940 - 15 January 1941
08	LTjg. Brown, William Ruben, USN	15 January 1941 - 16 October 1944
09	LT. Berg, Kenneth Leroy, USN	16 October 1944 - 31 August 1945
10	LT. Anto, John, USN	31 August 1945 - 16 January 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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