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AT-113 / ATF-113 Takelma


USS Takelma (ATF-113) was transferred to Argentina and renamed ARA SubOficial Castillo
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (2) - Humanitarian Service Medal (1- Entewatak Cleanup)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 18 September 1943 as Fleet Tug (AT-113) at United Engineers Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched, 18 September 1943
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-113), 15 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Takelma (ATF-113), 3 August 1944
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 28 January 1992
  • Transferred to Argentina, 30 September 1993, under the Security Assistance Program, renamed ARA SubOficial Castillo
  • Current Disposition, active in Argentine Navy as of 2003
    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 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks
    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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    USS Takelma (ATF-113)
    Takelma 38k Alpha Docks, Pearl Harbor Takelma (ATF-113)
    outboard of Safeguard (ARS-25), date unknown.    		 Courtesy Craig Rathammer and
    The National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Takelma 74k Takelma (ATF-113) at San Diego, CA, circa 1949-1950 James C McCann EM1 USN USS Takelma
    . December 1949 to April 1950
    Courtesy Patrick F McCann
    Takelma 67k Takelma (ATF-113) underway, date and place unknown. Armada Argentina web site
    Takelma 28k Takelma (ATF-113) entering Pearl Harbor, HI. in 1974. Armada Argentina web site
    ARA SubOficial Castillo
    Takelma 81k ex-Takelma (ATF-113) in Argentine service as ARA SubOficial Castillo off the Argentine Antarctic Station Deception, date unknown. Armada Argentina web site
    Takelma 93k ex-Takelma (ATF-113) in Argentine service as ARA SubOficial Castillo at Potter Creek off the Argentine Naval Base at Jubany, Antarctica, date unknown. Armada Argentina web site
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