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USS ATR-13

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Whiskey - Alpha
 NGWA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug:
  • Laid down in 1943 at Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co., Leesburg, N.J.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS ATR-13, date unknown, LTjg. G. N. Hammond in command
  • USS ATR-13 was first assigned to the Europe Africa Middle East Theater and later the the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

  • Following World War II USS ATR-13 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 3 September to 8 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • USS ATR-13 earned one battle star for World War II service I
  • Sold in 1947 to the Pacific Salvage Company, Vancouver B.C., named Salvage King
  • Sold in 1959 to Capital Iron and Metals, Victoria, B.C.
  • While moored in her berth at Victoria B.C., 19 October 1953, a fire broke out in the forecastle of the tug. Crews fought the fire for five hours, slowly filling her with water until she finally sank.
  • She was raised, 4 April 1959 and while being towed by Island Comet to the breakers yard, hit the Johnson Street Bridge, at Victoria nearly severing one main girder.
  • Final Disposition, broken up in 1959 at Capital Iron & Metals Ltd. Victoria B.C. In October 1959 the hulk was towed to the Comox Logging Co. breakwater at Royston, B.C. and scuttled.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 852 t.(lt) 1,315 t.(fl)
    Length 165' 6"
    Beam 33' 4"
    Draft 15' 6"
    Speed 12.2 kts.
    Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.
    Armament
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 47
    Fuel Capacity
    NSFO 1,620 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Fulton Iron Works vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
    two Foster Wheeler "D"-type boilers, 200psi, Sat
    two Turbo drive Ships Service Generators, 60kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 1,600 hp
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    ATR-13 20k USS ATR-13 alongside USS Ajax (AR-6) at Buckner Bay, Okinawa in September 1945. Submitted by Leo Murphy to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    ATR-13 164k USS ATR-13 with USS LCI(L)-738 alongside at Buckner Bay, Okinawa in late 1945.
    Thanks to Urthman's Genealogy Blog    		 Tommy Trampp
    Merchant Service
    ATR-13
    094001303     		26k Ex-USS ATR-13 in merchant service as the Pacific Salvage Company's tug Salvage King underway, 1947-1962, date and location unknown.
    Photo and additional text from Nauticapedia.    		 John Spivey
    There is no DANFS history available for USS ATR-13 at NavSource
    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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