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ATS-2 Beaufort

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Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - Battle "E" Ribbon (5) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (Boat People) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

USS Beaufort (ATS-2) was sold to South Korea
Edenton Class Salvage and Rescue Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 February 1968 at Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, United Kingdom
  • Launched, 1 December 1968
  • Commissioned USS Beaufort (ATS-2), 22 January 1972
  • Decommissioned, 8 March 1996
  • Transferred, sold, under the Security Assistance Program to South Korea, 29 August 1996
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 December 1996
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,592 t.(lt) 3,484 t.(fl)
    Length 283'
    Beam 59'
    Draft 17' (max)
    Complement 9 Officers, 108 Enlisted
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel, twin screws
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    Beaufort 40k Beaufort (ATS-2) underway, at speed, date and place unknown. Bill Shirk HT3 USS Beaufort Feb. 1972 to Dec. 1973
    Beaufort 41k Brunswick (ATS-3) and Beaufort (ATS-2) pierside Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Beaufort 59k Beaufort (ATS-2) at anchor, off Pataya Beach, Thailand, circa 1984-88. Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret
    Beaufort 75k Beaufort (ATS-2) pierside at Bishop Point, Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1984-88. Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret
    Beaufort 102k Beaufort (ATS-2) pierside at Naval Base, Yokosuka Japan, circa 1984-88. Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret
    Beaufort 126k Beaufort (ATS-2) underway off Hawaii, circa 1984-88. Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret
    Beaufort 66k Beaufort (ATS-2) alongside Jason (AR-8), at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, circa 1981. Photo by Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret
    Beaufort 61k Beaufort (ATS-2) at Bishop Point, Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1987. Photo by Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret
    Beaufort 47k Beaufort (ATS-2) at Pearl Harbor, HI., preparing to enter a drydock, circa 1985. Photo by Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret
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