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YN-95 / AN-71 Tesota
ATA-217

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Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Palo Blanco Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Authorized as Yard Net Tender (YN-95)
  • Laid down, 11 December 1943, as Tesota (YN-95) at Canulette Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, LA.
  • Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN-71), 20 January 1944
  • Launched, 29 July 1944
  • The name Tesota was canceled, 10 August 1944, and the ship was reclassified/redesignated Auxiliary Ocean Tug ATA-217
  • Commissioned USS ATA-217, 16 January 1945, Lt. H. A. V. Post, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 7 May 1946, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 25 March 1947, and was sold the same day to Martinolick Shipbuilding Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,275 t.
    Length 194' 6"
    Beam 34' 7"
    Draft 14' 1"
    Speed 12.1 kts.
    Complement 57
    Armament
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single screw, 2,500hp
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