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HMRT Advantage (W-133)
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USS ATR-41

ATR-41 was turned over to the United Kingdom under terms of the Lend-lease Act, named HMRT Advantage (W-133)

ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug:

Planned as Fleet Tug AT-119

Laid down in late 1942 as ATR-41 at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.

Launched in early 1943

Redesignated BATR-41 in 1943

BATR-41 never saw active service with the US Navy

Transferred to the United Kingdom under terms of the Lend-lease Act, circa 19 to 23 April 1943

Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMRT Advantage (W-133), circa 23 April 1943

Returned to US Naval custody circa late-1945-early-1946, name withdrawn, reverted to BATR-41

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946

Sold in the Philippines to Bosey, Board of Supplies, Executive Yuan (the Chinese Government's agency in charge of disposal of surplus war material given by the United States Government to China)

Sold, 24 September 1946, for commercial service to China Merchants Steam Navigation Co.; Shanghai

Named 109, 31 July 1948, later renamed Ming 309

Renamed Kaohsiung in 1949

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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 Babcock and Wilcox "D"-type boilers, 200psi, Sat
two Turbo drive Ships Service Generators, 60kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 1,600shp