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USS Mahopac (ATA-196)
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USS ATA-196 (1945 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - India - Echo NIJH

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

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

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 USS Mahopac (ATA-198) participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam Defense 30 July to 3 August 1965 25 September to 11 October 1965 2 to 11 November 1965	Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VI 15 to 23 January 1969
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	Tet 69/Counteroffensive 23 to 25 April 1969 8 to 17 May 1969
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase III 7 to 9 June 1967 28 September to 2 October 1967	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 24 to 28 September 1969 5 to 7 October 1969
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase IV 17 to 24 April 1968	>Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 25 to 27 March 1970 6 to 7 April 1970
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V 14 to 9 July 1968 17 to 21 August 1968 25 to 30 August 1968	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

USS 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	*USS Mahopac* (ATA-196)** aground at Kodiak Alaska, July 1952	Paul Webb LSU-778
	16k	*USS Mahopac* (ATA-196)** aground at Kodiak Alaska, July 1952	Paul Webb LSU-778
	62k	*USS Mahopac* (ATA-196)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Courtesy Ron Smith and The National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
	84k	*USS Mahopac* (ATA-196)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1970	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	91k	*USS Mahopac* (ATA-196) moored alongside USS 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 location unknown.	Taiwan Navy web site
	22k	*ROCS Ta Peng* (ATA-549)** underway, date and location unknown.	Taiwan Navy web site