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USS Umpqua (ATA-209)
ex
 USS ATA-209 (1945 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - November - Alpha
 NINA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)

USS Umpqua (ATA-209) was transferred to Colombia
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-136)
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-209),15 May 1944
  • Laid down, 16 December 1944, at Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX.
  • Launched, 2 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS ATA-209 2 April 1945, LT. Paul L. Cortney, USNR, in command.
  • Named USS Umpqua (ATA-209), 16 July 1948
  • Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register and transferred, cash sale, under the Security Assistance Program to Colombia, 1 July 1971, renamed Bahia Honda (RM-74)
  • Final Disposition, lost in 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 40
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
    Armament
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,200 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gears
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,500shp
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    YTB-229 124k USS ATA-209 (left) and Alarka (YTB-229) (center) guide the center section of YFD-6 through Culebra Cut in the Panama Canal, circa May-June 1945. Navy SeaBees turned YFD-6's center section on its side and installed a thousand pontoons atop the wing wall to allow the drydock to float on its side during the canal transit. The photograph was released for publication on 25 June 1945.
    US Navy photo # NH 98829 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Umpqua 36k USS Umpqua (ATA-209) underway, date and location unknown. Larry D. Countryman, LT, USN, Ret USS Umpqua
    USS Umpqua (ATA-209)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Cortney, Paul L.2 April 1945
     LTjg. Wehrman, Philip WilliamOctober 1963 - ?
     LTjg. Jones, John Lindley.1958 - ?
     LT. McCullough, Robert F.August 1961 - October 1963
     LT. Hegeman, Joey William1964 - July 1966
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    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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    Last Updated 20 January 2012