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AT-172 / ATR-99 / ATA-172

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 / Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:

Planned and approved as Fleet Tug AT-172

Laid down (date unknown) as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-99) at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.

Launched (date unknown)

Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-172), 15 May 1944

Commissioned USS ATA-172 (date unknown)

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	28k	*ATA-172* underway, date and place unknown.		Submitted by Ed LeVangie to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

There is no DANFS History currently available for ATA-172 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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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