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AT-97 / ATF-97 Alsea


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Xray - Tango
 NUXT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down,29 November 1942, as Fleet Tug (AT-97) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 22 May 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Alsea (AT-97), 13 December 1943, LT. Cecil Cuthbert, in command
  • Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-97), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 15 April 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Flee, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Commercial History
    Acquired by Amphitrite Shipping & Trading Corp. S.A., Panama in 1976 and renamed Ikosiena
    Owner name change to Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A., Panama, 1978
    Arrived in tow at Aliaga for demolition by Seltas A.S, 20 June 1996
  • Final Disposition, scrapping began, 25 July 1996, and was completed later that same year
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,205 t.(lt) 1,646 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 39'
    Draft 17' (max)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 8 Officers, 68 Enlisted
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric, four General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw, 3,600shp
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    Alsea 64k Alsea (ATF-97) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Brian Kroenung EMC(SW) YTB-809
    Alsea 175k Alsea (ATF-97) underway, circa 1954, location unknown.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-646416, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Daniel Treadwell
    Alsea 85k Alsea (ATF-97) underway amidst Arctic ice flows during Operation "Skyhook II", 28 June 1954.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-664425, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives..    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Commercial Service
    Alsea 41k ex-Alsea (ATF-97) in commercial service as the tug Ikosiena moored pierside, at Aliaga, Turkey awaiting scrapping. Alan Chapman
    View the Alsea (ATF-97)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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