Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

ATR-132 / ATA-205 Sciota

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 12 October 1944, at Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX.
  • Launched, 26 November 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ATR-132, 30 January 1945
  • Redesigned Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-205, in 1945
  • Decommissioned in 1945
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Named Sciota (ATA-205), 16 June 1948
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for custody, Navy ownership retained
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 534 t.(lt) 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 13'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 45
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric engines, single screw
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed
    By
    Sciota 127k ATA-205 moored pierside at Portland, OR., July 1946. Photo from "the Towline" the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors magazine, 1 September 1996, courtesy Bill Platt USS ATA-205. Stan Svec
    View the ATR-132 / Sciota (ATA-205)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Ship Photo Index Back To The Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR) Photo Index Back To The Auxiliary Fleet Tug Photo (ATA) Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    © 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.
    Last Updated 16 March 2007