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ATR-124 / ATA-197 Sunnadin

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Juliet - Romeo
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (3) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-124
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-197, 15 May 1944
  • Laid down, 4 December 1944, at Levingston Ship Building Co., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 6 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS ATA-197, 15 March 1945
  • Named USS Sunnadin (ATA-197), 16 July 1948
  • During the Vietnam War Sunnadin (ATA-197) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Defense
    13 to 24 December 1965     		Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II
    30 December 1966 to 21January 1967
    7 to 27 March 1967
    Vietnam Counteroffensive
    25 to 31 December 1965     		.

  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 20 November 1969, at Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Final Disposition, sold in February 1971 to Flynn-Learner, Honolulu, HI., fate unknown
  • Sunnadin earned three campaign stars for Vietnam service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 830 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
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    Sunnadin 95k Sunnadin (ATA-197) underway in the vacinity of Pearl Harbor, H.I. circa 1953-54. Note the catapult on her bow for launching drones for target practice.
    Photo from "the Towline the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors magazine, 1 September 1996, courtesy William Vacek USS Sunnadin.    		 Stan Svec
    Sunnadin 78k Crew members of Cocopa (ATF-101) keep eye on wire rope secured to Sunnadin (ATA-197) during towing session.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1959.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Sunnadin 95k Sunnadin (ATA-197) moored pierside, October 1960, Pearl Harbor, H.I. Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 75k Sunnadin (ATA-197) moored pierside, October 1960, Pearl Harbor, H.I. Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 83k Sunnadin (ATA-197) moored pierside, October 1960, Pearl Harbor, H.I. Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 85k Sunnadin (ATA-197) moored pierside, October 1960, Pearl Harbor, H.I. Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 85k Sunnadin (ATA-197) underway off Hawaii, looking aft while towing a barge, date unknown Photo by Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 91k Sunnadin (ATA-197) looking aft while enroute to Kwajalein Atoll with a barge in tow, date unknown Photo by Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 74k Sunnadin (ATA-197) pilot house with an unidentified seaman and the ship's Executive Officer CWO4 Wylie, date unknown Photo by Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 65k Sunnadin (ATA-197)'s starboard bridge wing, CWO4 Wylie on watch, date unknown Photo by Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 111k Sunnadin (ATA-197) underway, view of the ship's 26' Motor Whaleboat, date unknown Photo by Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Sunnadin 67k Sunnadin (ATA-197) moored pierside, Pearl Harbor, HI., 1967 Photo by Ramon Jackson
    Sunnadin 70k Sunnadin (ATA-197) moored, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1962    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Sunnadin 76k Sunnadin (ATA-197) underway at Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1966    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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    Mobile Riverine Force Association
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