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USS Hidatsa (ATF-102)
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 USS Hidatsa (AT-102) (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Romeo - Bravo
NWRB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

USS Hidatsa (ATF-102) was transferred to Colombia and renamed ARC Rodrigo de Bastidas
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 29 December 1943
  • Commissioned USS Hidatsa (AT-102), 25 April 1944, LT. Carroll F. Johnson in command
  • Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-102), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 5 May 1948, at Long Beach, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1963
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Transferred, cash sale, to Colombia under the Security Assistance Program, 1 March 1979 and ARC Rodrigo de Bastidas
  • USS Hidatsa earned the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, 6 January to 3 March 1945, and two battle stars for her service in World War II
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,240 t.(lt) 1,589 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 85
    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 Alco diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw
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