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ATR-123 / ATA-196 Mahopac

USS Mahopac (ATA-196) was transferred to Taiwan and renamed ROCS Ta Peng (ATA-549)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp(
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (10) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:

Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-123

Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-196, 15 May 1944

Laid down, 24 November 1944, at Levingston Ship Building Co., Orange, TX.

Launched, 21 December 1944

Commissioned, USS ATA-196, 6 March 1945, LTjg L. Phipps in command

Named, USS Mahopac (ATA-196), 16 July 1948

During the Vietnam War Mahopac (ATA-198) participated in the following campaigns:

Vietnam Defense

30 July to 3 August 1965

25 September to 11 October 1965

2 to 11 November 1965

Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II

20 October to 4 December 1966

25 January to 1 February 1967

8 to 13 April 1967

23 to 24 May 1967

Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase III

7 to 9 June 1967

28 September to 2 October 1967

Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase IV

17 to 24 April 1968

Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V

14 to 9 July 1968

17 to 21 August 1968

25 to 30 August 1968

Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VI

15 to 23 January 1969

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

23 to 25 April 1969

8 to 17 May 1969

Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969

24 to 28 September 1969

5 to 7 October 1969

Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970

25 to 27 March 1970

6 to 7 April 1970

Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII

24 to 26 September 1970

Decommissioned, (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1976

Sold to Taiwan under the Security Assistance Program (SAP), 1 May 1976, renamed Ta Peng (ATA-549)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Mahopac earned ten campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 835 t.(fl)
Length 143'
Beam 33' 10"
Draft 13' 2"
Speed 13 kts.
Complement 45
Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
Propulsion diesel-electric single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Mahopac (ATA-196)
	10k	Mahopac (ATA-196) aground at Kodiak Alaska, July 1952	Paul Webb LSU-778
	16k	Mahopac (ATA-196) aground at Kodiak Alaska, July 1952	Paul Webb LSU-778
	62k	Mahopac (ATA-196) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	Courtesy Ron Smith and The National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
	84k	Mahopac (ATA-196) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1970	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	91k	Mahopac (ATA-196) moored alongside Wandank (ATA-204), date unknown, Japan.	Eli Blanco USS Wandank, 1967-68
ROCS Ta Peng (ATA-549)
	18k	ex Mahopac (ATA-196) in Taiwanese service as *ROCS Ta Peng* (ATA-549)** moored pierside, date and place unknown.	Taiwan Navy web site
	22k	ex Mahopac (ATA-196) in Taiwanese service as *ROCS Ta Peng* (ATA-549)** underway, date and place unknown.	Taiwan Navy web site

View the Mahopac (ATR-123 / ATA-196)
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
USS Mahopac ATA-196
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Mobile Riverine Force Association

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