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USS Luiseno (ATF-156)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Xray - Xray
 NYXX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Medal (Cuba) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Cuba)

USS Luiseno was transferred to Argentina and renamed ARA Francisco De Curruchaga (A3)
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 7 November 1944, at Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 17 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS Luiseno (ATF-156), 16 June 1945, LT. William O. Talley in command
  • Decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1975
  • Transferred to Argentina under terms of the Security Assistance Program and renamed ARA Francisco De Curruchaga (A3)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,205 t.(lt) 1,646 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 17' (max)
    Speed 16.5 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
    two depth charge tracks
    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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    Luiseno 546k USS Luiseno (ATF-156) underway in 1955, location unknown. Alan Owens
    Luiseno 72k USS Luiseno (ATF-156) underway, date and location unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
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