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USS Undaunted (ATA-199)
ex
 USS ATA-199 (1945 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Kilo - Echo
 NIKE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
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 Auxiliary Ocean Tug ATA 199, 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 22 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS ATA-199, 20 October 1944, LT. Guy S. Flanagan, Jr., USNR in command
  • During World War II USS ATA-199 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned in 1947
  • Custody assigned to the Maritime Commission in 1948 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Named Undaunted (ATA-199), 16 July 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register, January 1963
  • Transferred to NOAA in 1963
  • Loaned in July 1964 to the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
  • Transferred to the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y.; renamed T/V Kings Pointer
  • Sold in 1993 to Basic Marine, renamed Krystal-K
  • Basic kept the huge tug in lay-up at their Escanaba yard
  • In 1998 Basic rebuilt the tug with a new raised pilothouse, a Hydraconn coupler system, and also widened the tug. She was then paired with the self-unloading deck barge Pere Marquette 41
  • Sold in 1998 to Pere Marquette Shipping Co. Ludington, MI., renamed Undaunted, used as pusher tug for the self-unloading deck barge Pere Marquette 41 on the Great Lakes
  • In late 2020 the tug and barge were sold to Interlake Maritime Services of Middleburg Heights, OH., and placed under the division Interlake Logistics Solutions.
  • Current Disposition, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(lt) 1,360 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2" (limiting)
    Speed 12 kts.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 40
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 1,200 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear
    Ship's Service Generators
    two 60Kw 120V. D.C.
    single propeller, 1,200shp

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    USS ATA-199
    Undaunted 10k USS ATA-199 at her moorings in 1944, location unknown.
    Photo courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, contributed by Linc Grahlfs.    		 Robert Hurst
    Commercial Service
    Undaunted 40k Ex-USS Undaunted (ATA-199) in commercial service as the Pere Marquetta Shipping Co. tug Undaunted. 18 July 1998, photo by M. Hanley. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Undaunted 33k Undaunted pushing the barge Pere Marquette 41 on the Great Lakes for the Pere Marquette Shipping Company, circa 1999.
    Photo courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, contributed by Linc Grahlfs.    		 Robert Hurst
    Undaunted 24k Starboard side view of Undaunted as she looked in 1999.
    Photo courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, contributed by Linc Grahlfs.    		 Robert Hurst
    Undaunted 128k Undaunted moored pierside in the Great Lakes, date and location unknown. Tim Crain
    Undaunted 27k Undaunted underway with the barge Pere Marquette 41 on the Great Lakes, date unknown. Tim Crain
    Undaunted
    093819907     		111k Undaunted underway pushing the barge Pere Marquette 41 on the Great Lakes, date unknown. Robert Hurst
    USS Undaunted (ATA-199)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Flanagan Jr., Guy S., USNR20 October 1944 - December 1945
    02LTjg. Belch, Jr., Alonzo Eli, USNDecember 1945 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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