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U.S.S. ABNAKI
(AT-96)ROUGH AND READY
USS ABNAKI ATF 96
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USS ABNAKI (AT-96) - an Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug
In Commission 1943 to 1978AT-96 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 28 NOV 1942 at Charleston Ship Building & Drydock Company Charleston SC | ||
APR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 22 APR 1943 | ||
NOV | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 25 NOV 1943 | ||
JAN | 1947 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 JAN 1947 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1947 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 JAN 1947 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1965 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac |
JUL | 1967 | - | FEB | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1969 | - | MAY | 1969 | West Pac |
DEC | 1969 | - | JAN | 1970 | Salvage SS Badger State |
JAN | 1970 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac |
JAN | 1970 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 AUG 1972 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1978 | - | Decommissioned: 30 SEP 1978 |
AT-96 General Specifications
Class: Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug
Named for: Abenaki
Complement: 85 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1240 tons
Length: 205 feet
Beam: 38 feet 6 inches
Flank Speed: 16 Knots
Final Disposition: Transferred to Mexico 30 September 1978
USS ABNAKI (AT-96)
Abnaki (AT-96) was launched 22 April 1943 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Charleston S. C.; sponsored by Mrs. James Mayon Jones; commissioned 15 November 1943 Lieutenant D. Walley in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.
Between February 1944 and May 1945 Abnaki made four trans-Atlantic voyages. She was reclassified ATF-96 15 May 1944. In June 1944 she towed to Bermuda the German submarine U-505 which had been captured by the Guadalcanal (CVE 60) task group.
Reporting to the Pacific Fleet in the summer of 1945 Abnaki served intermittently with the occupation forces in Japan until the outbreak of the Korean hostilities. Between 23 June 1951 and 15 February 1952 she operated with Service Division 31 furnishing mobile logistic support to the fleet during the Korean operations.
Since the cessation of hostilities in Korea Abnaki has remained active with the Pacific Fleet. During February 1955 she took an active part in the evacuation of Chinese Nationalists from the Tachen Islands.
Abnaki received three battle stars for
her service during the hostilities in Korea.
[Note: The above USS ABNAKI (AT-96) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS ABNAKI (AT-96) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]