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USS Takelma (ATF-113)


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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- Eniwetok Cleanup)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS Takelma (ATF-113) was transferred to Argentina and renamed ARA SubOficial Castillo
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
  • During and after World War II USS Takelma was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and performed Occupation service in the Far East from 8 to 26 September 1945
  • During the Korean War USS Takelma participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Korean Defense Summer-Winter 1952
    20 August to 17 September 1952
    20 to 21 September 1952     		Third Korean Winter
    2 to 30 December 1952
    19 to 24 January 1953
    30 January to 18 February 1953

  • During the Vietnam War USS Takelma participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
    8 July to 15 August 1968
    20 to 21 September 1952     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
    18 October to 12 November 1968
  • 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) 1,675 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 16.5' (trial)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 80
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 2,175 Bbls
    Propulsion
    As Built
    four Busch-Sulzer (mod 12-278) Diesel-electric engines
    Ship's Service Generators
    two Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    one Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    Modernized
    four Alco Diesel engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines
    single propeller 3,000shp
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    Takelma 38k Alpha Docks, Pearl Harbor USS Takelma (ATF-113)
    outboard of USS Safeguard (ARS-25), date unknown.    		 Courtesy Craig Rathammer and
    The National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Takelma 74k USS 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 USS Takelma (ATF-113) underway, date and location unknown. Armada Argentina web site
    Takelma 28k USS Takelma (ATF-113) entering Pearl Harbor, HI. in 1974. Armada Argentina web site
    Takelma 76k USS Takelma (ATF-113) underway during a towing exercise, circa 1975. Photo taken from USS Bolster (ARS-38), courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, contributed by Rodney O' Rear. Robert Hurst
    Takelma 339k USS Takelma (ATF-113) starboard side to Alava Wharf US Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I. with USS Midway (CV-41) windward Alava Wharf. circa 1977 Robert G. Anderson, USS Takelma 1975-79.
    Takelma 3978k USS Takelma (ATF-113) underway on the Columbia River, enroute, Portland, OR., circa 1977-78. Robert G. Anderson, USS Takelma 1975-79.
    ARA SubOficial Castillo
    Takelma 81k Ex-USS Takelma (ATF-113) in Argentine service as ARA SubOficial Castillo off the Argentine Antarctic Station Deception, date unknown. Armada Argentina web site
    Takelma 93k ARA SubOficial Castillo at Potter Creek off the Argentine Naval Base at Jubany, Antarctica, date unknown. Armada Argentina web site
    USS Takelma (ATF-113)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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