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YN-86 / AN-65 Palo Verde
ATA-215

ATA-214 Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug: Laid down as Yard Net Tender Palo Verde (YN-86), 19 July 1943, at Canulette Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, LA.; Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN-65), 20 January 1944; Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-215), 15 May 1944; Launched, 2 September 1944; Commissioned, USS ATA-215, 17 December 1944; Decommissioned in March 1946; Struck from the Naval Register in December 1948; 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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