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USS Tillamook (ATA-192)
ex
 USS ATA-192 (1945 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - India - Xray
 NIIX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USS Tillamook (ATA-192) was transferred to the South Korean Coast and Geodetic Survey
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-119)
  • Laid down as Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-192, 19 October 1944, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 15 November 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-192, 23 January 1945, LTjg W. C. Heck in command
  • Named, USS Tillamook (ATA-192), 16 July 1948
  • During the Vietnam War USS Tillamook (ATA-192) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnam Defense
    18 to 25 August 1965
    7 to 15 September 1965
    24 December 1954    		 Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    21 to 22 February 1969
    Vietnam Counteroffensive
    25 to 26 December 1965
    8 to 20 April 1966    		 Tet 69/Counteroffensive
    23 to 28 February 1969
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase - II
    6 to 8 August 1966    		 Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
    6 to 14 July 1969
    17 to 24 July 1969
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase IV
    25 May to 2 June 1968
    8 to 23 June 1968    		 Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    16 to 25 November 1970
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V
    21 July to 26 September 1968
    3 to 7 October 1968    		 .

  • Decommissioned, 1 July 1971
  • Transferred (leased) to the Republic of Korea under the provisions of the Military Assistance Program
  • Ex-Tillamook served the ROK Coast and Geodetic Survey until 1976
  • Returned to US Naval custody in 1976
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1976
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by Navy sale, fate unknown
  • Tillamook earned nine campaign stars for Vietnam War 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 single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two GM 12-278A diesel-electric engines, single screw, 1,500 SHP
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    Tillamook 27k USS Tillamook (ATA-192), underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Submitted by Danny Paeth to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Tillamook 60k USS Tillamook (ATA-192), underway, circa 1965, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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