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AT-174 / ATR-101 / ATA-174 Wateree


Wateree (ATA-174) was transferred to Peru and renamed Uranue (ATA-136)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Phiippines Liberation Medal
ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug / ATA-121 Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and approved as Fleet Tug AT-174
  • Reclassified Rescue Tug ATR-101
  • Laid Down, 5 October 1943 at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 18 November 1943
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-174, 20 July 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-174, 20 July 1944
  • Decommissioned, 16 January 1947, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group at Astoria
  • Named Wateree (ATA-174), 16 July 1948
  • Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as Wateree (T-ATA-174), 13 August 1953
  • Placed out of service 14 March 1955
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to Peru, renamed Uranue (ATA-136)
  • Disposed of by Peruvian Navy circa 1977-78
  • 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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