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USS Carrabasset (AT-35)
USCGC Carrabasset (WAT-55)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Foxtrot - Foxtrot
 NRFF

USS Carrabasset (AT-35) was transferred to the Coast Guard in 1924
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Port Richmond, N.Y.
  • Launched, 19 June 1919
  • Commissioned USS Carrabasset (AT-35), 30 June 1920, LTjg. G. O. Augustine in command
  • Decommissioned, 27 March 1922, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard, 24 May 1924
  • Commissioned USCGC Carrabasset (WAT-55), 13 October 1924
  • Decommissioned, 26 July 1946
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications
    Displacement 778 t.(lt)
    Length 156'8"
    Beam 30' 2"
    Draft 12' 4"
    Speed 13.6 kts.
    Complement 50
    Armament
    1924 two 1 pounders
    1945 one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two single 20mm/80 AA gun mounts
    Maximum Speed: 13 knots
    Performance
    Economic Cruising Speed 9.3 kts.
    Range 5,300 mile (1945)
    Propulsion triple-expansion steam engine; 2 Scotch boilers; 1,800 HP; single propeller
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    USCGC Carrabasset (WAT-55)
    Carrabasset 69k Carrabasset (WAT-55) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Carrabasset 68k Carrabasset (WAT-55) underway, circa 1920s, location unknown.
    Photo courtesy "©James Fighting Ships 1943-1944"         		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
    US Coast Guard Historian's Office - Carrabasset, 1924 WAT-55
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