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AT-123 / ATR-45 / ATA-123 Iuka

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug / ATA-121 Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and approved as Fleet Tug AT-123
  • Reclassified Rescue Tug ATR-45
  • Laid down, 21 November 1942, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 20 December 1942
  • Commissioned, USS ATR-45, 30 June 1943, LTtjg. J. L. Hostinsky in command
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-123, 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 26 November 1947, at San Pedro, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Named Iuka (ATA-123), 16 July 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia WA, September 1962
  • Commercial History
    Acquired for commercial service by Erato Shipping & Trading Corp. S.A., Panama, 13 April 1976, renamed Deka Exi
    Owners name changed to Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A., Panama
    Arrived in tow at Aliaga for demolition by Seltas A.S., 2 December 1996
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1996
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 45
    Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion diesel-electric single propeller
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    Iuka 50k ex-Iuka (ATA-123) in commercial service as the tug Deka Eki moored pierside, at Aliaga, Turkey, awaiting scrapping. Alan Chapman
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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