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ATR-126 / ATA-199 Undaunted
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug: Laid down, 27 November 1943, as a Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-126), at Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur TX.; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Ocean Tug and rename ATA 199, circa April 1944; Commissioned, 1944; Decommissioned, 1947; Custody assigned to the Maritime Commission, 1948, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Renamed Undaunted (ATA-199), 16 July 1948; Struck from the Naval Register, January 1963; Transferred NOAA Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1963; Transferred to the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY; Renamed T/V Kings Pointer; Sold in 1998, for commercial service, renamed Undaunted, used as pusher tug on the Great Lakes; Final Disposition, as of 2001 still in service.
Specifications: Displacement 534 t.; Length 143'; Beam 33': Draft 13'; Speed 13kts; Complement 5 officers, 42 enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts; Propulsion, diesel-electric engines, single screw.
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Seen here as Undaunted. 18 July 1998, photo by M. Hanley.
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Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret |
There is no DANFS history currently available for Undaunted (ATA-199) at the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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