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USS Samoset (ATA-190)
ex
 USS ATA-190 (1945 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - India - Tango
 NIIT
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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

USS Samoset (ATA-190) was transferred to Haiti, renamed Henri Christophe (MM20)
ATA-121 Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-117
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-190,15 May 1944
  • Laid down, 29 September 1944 at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 26 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS ATA-190, 1 January 1945, LTjg. Elmo D. Twiehaus in command
  • During World War II USS ATA-190 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, April and May 1945
  • Named USS Samoset (ATA-190), 16 July 1948
  • Decommissioned, 12 September 1969
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Transferred, cash sale, to Haiti under the Security Assistance Program, 1 October 1978, renamed Henri Christophe (MM20)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1978
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS Samoset(ATA-190) earned one battle star as USS ATA-190 for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 610 t.(lt) 830 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 15'
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 45
    Armament
    one single 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
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    Samoset 26k USS Samoset (ATA-190) underway from Naval Station Norfolk, circa 1963.
    US Navy photo.    		 Contributed by Craig Rothhammer to
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Samoset 135k USS Samoset (ATA-190) underway in Chesapeake Bay, 1967.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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