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USS Cahuilla (ATF-152)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Bravo - Bravo
 NPBB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS Cahuilla was transferred to Argentina and renamed ARA Comandante General Irigoyen (A-1)
Cherokee Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 16 June 1944, as Cahuilla (AT-152) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-152), 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 2 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS Cahuilla (ATF-152), 10 March 1945, LT. A. C. Schoelpple in command
  • During World War II USS Cahuilla was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    3rd Fleet operations against Japan, 26 July to 6 August 1945
  • Decommissioned, 27 June 1947, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, transferred, under the Security Assistance Program, to Argentina, 9 July 1961, renamed ARA Comandante General Irigoyen (A-1)
  • Current Disposition, active in Argentine Navy as of 2004
  • USS Cahuilla earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,240 t.(lt) 1,675 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38'6"
    Draft 15'4"
    Speed 16.5 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
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 2,275 Bbls
    Propulsion
    four 750hp GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gear
    Ship's Service Generators
    two 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    one 200Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    single propeller, 3,000shp
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    Cahuilla 249k USS Cahuilla (ATF-152) at anchor in San Diego Bay, mid-1946. Alan Owens, USMM
    ARA Comandante General Irigoyen (A-1)
    Cahuilla 63k Hand over and commissioning ceremony (inboard to outboard) ARA Comandante General Zapiola (A-2) (ex-USS Arapaho (ATF-68) and ARA Comandante General Irigoyen (A-1) at Naval Station San Diego, CA., 9 July 1961. Photo courtesy of Ignacio Amendolara and National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors. Robert Hurst
    Cahuilla 94k ARA Comandante General Irigoyen (A-1) moored pierside at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Argentina in August 1991.
    Photo courtesy of Ignacio Amendolara and National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors.    		 Robert Hurst
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