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USS Pinola (ATO-33)
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 USS Pinola (AT-33) (1920 - 1944)
 USS Pinola (Fleet Tug #33) (1920)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Victor - Lima
 NEVL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug:
  • Originally assigned the name Nipsic
  • Laid down as Pinola, 3 March 1919, at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Launched, 12 August 1919
  • Commissioned USS Pinola (Fleet Tug No. 33), 7 February 1920
  • Designated Fleet Tug AT-33, 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 9 June 1922, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Recommissioned, 14 August 1923 at Mare Island
  • Redesignated Fleet Tug Old ATO-33, 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 31 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 21 July 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold 21 July 1947, to Oakland Manufacturing Co., fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,000 t.
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14' 7"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 44
    Armament one machine gun
    Propulsion
    Two 100psi boilers
    One triple expansion reciprocating steam engine
    Cylinder diameter - High pressure - 16", Intermediate pressure - 36", Low pressure - 60"
    Single propeller, 4 blades, 6 foot diameter, Max. power 100 RPM
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    Pinola 56k USS Pinola (AT-33) underway, circa 1932, location unknown. Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 25 April 2008