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USS Brunswick (ATS-3)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Charlie - November
 NRCN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2)
Bottom Row - Battle "E" Ribbon (3) - National Defense Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (Boat People)

USS Brunswick (ATS-3) was sold to South Korea
Edenton Class Salvage and Rescue Ship:
  • Laid down, 5 June 1968, at Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, United Kingdom
  • Launched, 14 October 1969
  • Commissioned USS Brunswick (ATS-3), 19 December 1972, at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., LCDR. John B. Haskins in command
  • 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) 3,063 t.(fl)
    Length 283'
    Beam 59'
    Draft 18' (max)
    Complement 106
    Armament
    two 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50-cal. machine guns
    Propulsion diesel, twin screws
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    Brunswick 50k USS Brunswick (ATS-3) with crew at Special Sea and Anchor Detail, date and location unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Beaufort 41k USS Brunswick (ATS-3) and USS Beaufort (ATS-2) pierside, date and location unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Machinist 62k USS Brunswick (ATS-3) and Machinist (AFDB-8) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines, 3 April 1992. Brunswick towed Machinist from Subic Bay to Pearl Harbor during the US military withdrawal from Subic Bay.
    DVIC photo # DNST9207048 by Roger Dutcher, JO2 USN.    		 Department of Defense Visual Information Center
    Adept 77k USS Brunswick (ATS-3) and Adept (AFDL-23) at Naval Base Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines, 24 February 1992. Brunswick has Adept under tow as the dry dock is removed in preparation for the station's transfer to the Philippine government.
    DVIC photo # DNST9206610, by J. Brown, PHCS USN.    		 Department of Defense Visual Information Center
    Adept 89k USS Brunswick (ATS-3) and Adept (AFDL-23) leaves Subic Bay Naval Station for Guam in tow behind Brunswick (ATS-3), 24 February 1992.
    DVIC photo # DNST9206640    		 Department of Defense Visual Information Center
    Brunswick 317k USS Brunswick (ATS-3) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    USS Brunswick (ATS-3)
    DANFS History entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    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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