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USS Tringa (ASR-16)

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Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Chanticteer Class Submarine Rescue Ship:
  • Laid down, 12 July 1945, at Savannah Machinery and Foundry, Co., Savannah, GA.
  • Launched, 25 June 1946
  • Commissioned USS Tringa (ASR-16), 28 January 1947, LCDR. Paul C. Cottrell USN in command
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1977
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet, maintenance category X
  • Final Disposition, to be disposed of by target or test, presumed sunk, date unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,780 t.(lt) 2,150 t.(fl)
    Length 251' 4"
    Beam 42'
    Draft 14' 11" (lim.)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 102
    Armament
    two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single shaft, 3,000shp.
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    Tringa 41k USS Tringa (ASR-16) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Tringa 59k USS Tringa (ASR-16) at anchor, circa 1966, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
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