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AT-77 / YT-341 / YTB-341 / ATA-245 Tuscarora

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

Tuscarora Class Fleet Tug:

Laid down in 1940 at Orange, TX., by the Levingston Shipbuilding Co.

Acquired by the Navy in January 1941

Launched, 17 July 1941

Commissioned, USS Tuscarora (AT-77), 13 December 1941

Reclassified, Harbor Tug, (YT-341), 5 November 1942

Redesignated Large Harbor Tug, (YTB-341), 15 May 1944

Redesignated Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-245), 1 September 1961

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1961

Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; James River, Fort Eustis, VA

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, 1 October 1976

Specifications:
Displacement 530 t.
Length 135'
Beam 30'
Draft 14' 2"

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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