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ATR-110 / ATA-183 / Nottoway (ATA-183)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug
  • Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-110)
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-183),15 May 1944
  • Laid down, 14 July 1944, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 16 August 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-183, 26 October 1944, LT. Richard S. Lowry in command
  • Decommissioned, 22 October 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Named USS Nottoway (ATA-183), 16 July 1948
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration in 1961 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 610 t.(lt) 860 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 34'
    Draft 15'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 7 Officers, 42 Enlisted
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric engines, single screw
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    ata-183 40k ATA-183 moored pierside in the Panama Canal Zone, circa September 1945. Courtesy NAFTS, Contributed by Bill Rackett
    ata-183 74k Ex-Nottoway (ATA-183) moored at Beaumont, TX. in March 1979. Photo by Bill Fessenden
    ata-183 113k Ex-Nottoway (ATA-183) at Beaumont, TX. in March 1979, being brought alongside Hoist (ARS 40) in preparation for towing to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA. Photo by Bill Fessenden
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    DANFS History entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    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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