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YN-85 / AN-64 Palo Blanco
ATA-214

ATA-214 Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug: Laid down as Yard Net Tender Palo Blanco (YN-85), 22 May 1943, at Canulette Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, LA.; Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN-64), 20 January 1944; Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-214), 15 May 1944; Launched, 17 June 1944; Commissioned USS ATA-214, 25 September 1944; Decommissioned in September 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,275 t.; Length 194' 6"; Beam 34' 7"; Draft 14' 1"(full load); Speed 12.1 kts; Complement 57; Armament, two 40mm gun mounts; Propulsion, diesel-electric engines, single screw.
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ATA-214 25k ATA-214 underway, date and place unknown. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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