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USS Tatnuck (ATA-195)
ex
 USS ATA-195 (1945 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - India - Echo
 NIJE
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)
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-122
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-195, 15 May 1944
  • Laid down, 15 November 1944, at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 14 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS ATA-195, 26 February 1945, LTjg. John Pakron in command
  • Named, USS Tatnuck (ATA-195), 16 July 1948
  • Decommissioned, 1 July 1971, at Bremerton, WA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Bremerton Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1976
  • Sold in 1979 to Marine Power & Equipment, Seattle, WA. renamed Marine Constructor
  • Resold, date unknown to Island Tug & Barge Col, Seattle, WA. renamed Island Warrior
  • Current Disposition, active in commercial service
    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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    Tatnuck 62k USS Tatnuck (ATA-195) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Submitted by Richard Rosenbach to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Tatnuck 47k USS Tatnuck (ATA-195) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Commercial Service
    Tatnuck 964k Ex-USS Tatnuck (ATA-195) underway as the Island Tug and Barge Co. of Seattle, WA.'s Island Warrior, date and location unknown. Capt. David Zanzig
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    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
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