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USS Allegheny (ATA-179)
ex
 USS ATA-179 (1944 - 1948)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Papa - Zulu
 NJPZ
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 - Philippines Liberation Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Originally projected as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-106
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug, ATA-179, 15 May 1944
  • Laid down, 22 May 1944, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 30 June 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-179, 22 September 1944, LTjg. Thomas C. McLaren, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS ATA-179 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 10 October 1947, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Named, Allegheny (ATA-179), 16 July 1948
  • Recommissioned, 25 July 1949
  • Decommissioned, and Struck from the Naval Register, 14 December 1968
  • School Ship and Commercial Service
  • Transferred in 1969 to Northwestern Michigan College (Great Lakes Maritime Academy), Traverse City, MI. for use as a training vessel
  • Sank at her berth at Northwestern Michigan College, 9 April 1970, raised shortly thereafter
  • Sold in 1972 to Great Lakes Maritime Academy, renamed Allegheny
  • Capsized sank at her berth at Traverse City, MI, 28 January 1978, in high winds and heavy snows
  • Sold in 1978 to Keith E. Malcolm of St. Clair, MI., renamed Tug Malcolm
  • Sold in 1999 to Beyel Cocoa Port Carnaveral, FL., renamed Matthew Beyel
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 5 Officers 41 Enlisted
    Armament
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two GM 12-278A diesel-electric engines, single screw, 1,500 SHP
    Displacement 610 t.(lt) 860 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 34'
    Draft 15'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 7 Officers, 41 Enlisted
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric engines, single propeller
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    Allegheny 52k USS Allegheny (ATA 179) at the US Army Piers, Bayonne, N.J. In the foreground is the "Monster Buoy" (General Dynamics Buoy "Bravo") that she towed from Bermuda to the Pacific Coast during February and March 1967. Submitted by Keeth Kloepfer to National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Allegheny 16k USS Allegheny (ATA-179), moored, location unknown, circa 1967-68 Submitted by Keeth Kloepfer to National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Allegheny 44k USS Allegheny (ATA-179), underway date and location unknown. Submitted by Keeth Kloepfer to National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Allegheny 61k USS Allegheny (ATA-179), underway in the Persian Gulf, circa September 1949 to May 1952.
    US Navy photo    		 William Beaulieu RD3
    Allegheny 69k USS Allegheny (ATA-179) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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