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USS ATR-121
USS Bagaduce ATA-194
USCGC Modoc WMEC-194

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign: November - India - Juliet - Bravo
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:
  • Laid down, 7 November 1944, as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-121) at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-194), 15 May 1943
  • 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 and commissioned Medium Endurance Cutter USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194), 15 April 1959
  • Decommissioned, 31 May 1979
  • Struck from the Coast Guard Vessel Register and sold (date unknown)
  • Present Disposition, renamed Modoc Pearl currently in use as a Bed and Breakfast at Gig Harbor, WA.
    Specifications: Displacement 835 t.
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 45
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric engines, single screw
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    Bagaduce 51k ex Bagaduce (ATA-194) underway in commission as USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194), date and location unknown.. Ken Laesser
    Bagaduce 62k USCGC Modoc (WMEC-194) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    View the Bagaduce (ATA-194)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    The CG History Center
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - Modoc, 1959 ATA / WMEC-194; ATR-121 (ex-Bagaduce)
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