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USCGC Carrabasset (WAT-55)
ex
 USS Carrabasset (AT-35) (1920 - 1924)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Foxtrot - Foxtrot
 NRFF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Carrabasset (AT-35) was transferred to the Coast Guard in 1924
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-pdrs
    1945 one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm/80 AA gun mounts
    Speed: 13 kts (max)
    Performance
    Economic Cruising Speed 9.3 kts.
    Range 5,300 mile (1945)
    Propulsion
    Vertical triple-expansion steam engine
    two Scotch boilers
    single propeller, 1,800shp
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    USCGC Carrabasset (WAT-55)
    Carrabasset 68k Carrabasset (WAT-55) underway, circa 1920s, location unknown.
    Photo courtesy "©James Fighting Ships 1943-1944"    		 Robert Hurst
    Carrabasset 146k USCGC Carrabasset (WAT-55) docking at Norfolk, VA., 26 November 1942. Note, radar has not yet been fitted. SF radar was fitted in 1945. Carrabasset was assigned to EASTSEAFRON, 1941 to 1945, homeported at Norfolk, VA.
    US Navy photo from "U.S. Coast Guard Cutters and Craft of World War II" by Robert L Scheina.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    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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