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USS Iuka (ATO-37)
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 USS Iuka (AT-37) (1920 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Victor - Romeo
 NEVR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 6 February 1919, at Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Port Richmond, N.Y.
  • Launched, 12 January 1920 Commissioned USS Iuka (AT-37), 29 October 1920, LT. Harry F. Quandt in command
  • Decommissioned, 20 July 1932, at New York, N.Y., laid up in reserve
  • Recommissioned, 23 November 1940, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Reclassified Fleet Tug Old (ATO-37), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 15 August 1946, and placed in service
  • Placed out of service, 15 April 1947, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal and sold 8 July 1948 at Los Angeles, CA. to Pan American Steamship Corp, of Panama, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 751 t.(lt) 1,125 t.(lim)
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 34' 10"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 12.8 kts (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 56
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
    Armament one machine gun
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 1,835 bbls
    Propulsion
    one Staten Island Shipbuilding vertical triple-expansion steam engine
    two Scotch single ended cylinder boilers, 200psi, sat.
    one turbo-drive 25Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generator
    single propeller, 1,800shp
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    Iuka 56k USS Iuka (ATO-37) setting and retrieving targets for 3rd Fleet aircraft bombing practice off Mexican coast, date unknown. Submitted by Bob Roy to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Kalmia 211k Aerial view of Naval Operating Base, Portland, Maine waterfront, circa 1944-45, with the State Street pier in the right center and the Grand Trunk pier to the left. Tugs in the upper right center are USS Iuka (ATO-37) and USS Kalmia (ATO-23).
    US Navy photo # NH 84668from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, collection of Donald M. Mcpherson, 1976.    		 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
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