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USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194)
ex
 USNS Bagaduce (T-ATA-194) (1953 - 1959)
 USS Bagaduce (ATA-194) (1948 - 1953)
 USS ATA-194 (1944 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - India - Zulu
 NIJB
USS Bagaduce (ATA-194) 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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation - Coast Guard Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon - National Defense Serviced Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-121
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-194, 15 May 1944
  • Laid down, 7 November 1944, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 4 December 1943
  • Commissioned USS ATA-194, 14 February 1944, LTjg. William J. Bryan in command
  • Named, USS Bagaduce (ATA-194), 16 July 1948
  • Decommissioned, 17 July 1953, at Seattle, WA.
  • Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service and placed in service as USNS Bagaduce (T-ATA-194)
  • Placed out of service and transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), for lay up in its National Defense Reserve Flee at Olympia, WA., 25 August 1958
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 August 1958
  • Transferred to the US Coast Guard, 15 April 1959
  • Commissioned Medium Endurance Cutter USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194), 1 June 1959
  • Decommissioned, 31 May 1979
  • Struck from the Coast Guard Vessel Register
  • Sold in 1980 sold to Marine Power & Equipment, Seattle, WA.
  • Present Disposition, renamed Modoc Pearl currently in use as a Bed and Breakfast at Gig Harbor, WA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 40
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
    Armament
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,200 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gears
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,500shp
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    USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194)
    Bagaduce 62k Ex-USS Bagaduce (ATA-194) underway while in commission as USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194), date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Bagaduce 148k USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Bagaduce 51k USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194) underway, date and location unknown. Ken Laesser
    USS Bagaduce (ATA-194)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Bryan, William J. USN14 February 1945 - ?USS ATA-194
    01LT. Pare Jr., Clarence J. USCGC20 April 1959 - ?USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194)
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Coast Guard Historian's Office - Modoc 1959
    US Coast Guard Tug Association
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