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HMS Favourite (W-137)
ex
 BAT-3
ATA-128

ATA-121 Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Redesignated BAT-3 destined for lend-lease to Great Britain
  • Laid Down, date unknown, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Deliverred to the US Navy and transferred to Great Britian in 1942
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Favourite (W-119)
  • Returned to US custody in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold for commercial service, renamed Susan A. Moran, later renamed Eugene F. Moran and finally Monsanto
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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