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ATR-112 / ATA-185 Koka

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asian-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
ATA-174 Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Originally designated as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-112
  • Redesignated Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-185, 15 May 1944
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 11 September 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-185, 16 November 1944
  • Named, USS Koka (ATA-185), 16 July 1948
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register in 1971
  • Final Disposition, sold for commercial service to Samoan American Tug Co. in 1971
  • Koka as ATA-185 received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 534 t.
    Length 143'
    Beam 34'
    Draft 13'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 48
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric engines, single screw
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    Koka 112k Koka (ATA-185) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1953    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Koka 31k Koka (ATA-185) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
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