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ATA-218
YN-96 / AN-72 Yaupon


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Charlie - Whiskey
 NDCW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
ATA-214 Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Projected as Yard Net Tender Yaupon (YN-96)
  • Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN-72), 20 January 1944
  • Laid down, 29 January 1944, at Canulette Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, LA.
  • Name canceled, 12 August 1944, redesignated Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-218, 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 16 September 1944
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-218, 10 March 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold thorough the War Shipping Administration, 3 January 1947, presumably for scrapping
    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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