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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 1,240 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
    two depth charge tracks
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel Oil 2,275 Bbls
    Propulsion
    four GM 12-278A 750hp Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
    two Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    one Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    single propeller 3,000shp
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    USS Luiseno (ATF-156)
    Chilula 1611k Overall view of Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Charleston S.C., in January 1945. Six ATF's are visible; three fitting out and three on the ways. Photo was taken from the mainmast of USS Chawasha (ATF-151) which was also fitting out. From front to back they are:
    USS Chilula (ATF-153)
    USS Cahuilla (ATF-152)
    USS Chimariko (ATF-154)
    USS Nipmuc (ATF-157)
    USS Cusabo (ATF-155)
    USS Luiseno (ATF-156).
    US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Alan Owens
    Luiseno 546k USS Luiseno (ATF-156) underway in 1955, location unknown. Alan Owens
    Baldwin 101k USS Baldwin (DD-624) at right during operations to refloat her at Montauk Point, Long Island, N.Y., at 1030 hrs. 28 April 1961. The "mothballed" destroyer had broken free from her towline, 16 April 1961, and drifted ashore. Among the ships engaged in the salvage effort are USS Hoist (ARS-40), USS Salvage (ARSD-3), USS Windlass (ARSD-4) and a fleet tug (ATF). photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, R. I. Baldwin was towed seaward by USS Luiseno (ATF-156), bottom left, and USS Recovery (ARS-43), top left, and sunk by their gunfire, in 200 fathoms. Both Salvager and Windlass (ARSD-4), participated in towing her off the beach.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 99108    		 Robert Hurst
    Luiseno 72k USS Luiseno (ATF-156) underway at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, January 1971. © Richard Leonhardt
    ARA Francisco De Curruchaga (A3)
    Luiseno 42k
    Namesake
    Francisco Bruno de Gurruchaga y Fernández Pedroso - Argentine politician, a supporter of the May Revolution, a member of the Junta Grande that governed his country, and involved in Argentina's political shaping. Contribution of Francisco Javier Santos Vázquez.    		 Fabio Pena
    USS Luiseno (ATF-156)
    DANFS     history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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