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USS Salish (ATA-187)
ex
 USS ATA-187 (1944 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Oscar - Kilo
 NJOK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic -Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

USS Salish was transferred to Argentina and renamed ARA Alferez Sobral (A9)
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Projected as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-114
  • Laid down, 29 August 1944, as ATA-187, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 29 September 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-187, 7 December 1944. Lt. Thomas G. Lewis in command
  • During World War II USS ATA-187 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 22 April and 22 to 31 May 1945
  • Named USS Salish (ATA-187), 16 July 1948
  • Decommissioned, 10 February 1972
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1975
  • Transferred (sold) to Argentina, 1 February 1975, under the Security Assistance Program, renamed ARA Alferez Sobral (A9)
  • Damage in 1982 during the Falkland War, . repaired
  • Discarded by the Argentine Navy in 1984
  • Final Disposition fate unknown
  • USS Salish (ATA-187) received one battle star as USS ATA-187 for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 534 t.(lt) 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 45
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two GM 12-278A diesel-electric engines, single screw, 1,500 SHP
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    Salish 104k USS ATA-187 passing under the Golden Gate Bridge as she returns to San Francisco from Operation "Cross Roads", Bikini Atoll, October 1946. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, courtesy David Stinson USS Salish
    USS Salish (ATA-187)
    Salish 63k USS Salish (ATA-187) underway, date and place unknown. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    ARA Alferez Sobral (A9)
    Salish 80k Ex-USS Salish (ATA-187) in Argentine service as ARA Alferez Sobral (A9) moored pierside, April 2003, place unknown. Armada Argentina web site
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    DANFS     history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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