Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA)

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ATR-105 / ATA-178 Tunica

Sotoyomo Class Auxilary Fleet Tug: Laid down as a Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-105), 10 May 1944 at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX; Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-178), 15 May 1944; Launched, 15 June 1944; Commissioned, USS ATA-178, 15 September 1944; Decommissioned, 23 December 1947; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Renamed, Tunica (ATA-178), 16 July 1948; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962; Final disposition, sunk as a target, 29 January 1999.

Specifications: Displacement 610 t.(lt) 860 t.(fl); Length 143'; Beam 34': Draft 15'; Speed 13kts; Complement 7 Officers, 42 Enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts; Propulsion, diesel-electric engines, single screw.

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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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