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U.S.S. TATNUCK
(ATA-195)Click to view crew list
USS TATNUCK (ATA-195) - a Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug
In Commission 1945 to 1971ATA-195 Deployments - Major Events
Add a ATA-195 Shellback Initiation | Add a ATA-195 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 15 NOV 1944 at Levingston Shipbuilding Co. Orange TX | ||
DEC | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 14 DEC 1944 | ||
FEB | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 26 FEB 1945 | ||
JUL | 1971 | - | Decommissioned: 1 JUL 1971 |
ATA-195 General Specifications
Class: Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug
Complement: 45 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 534 tons
Length: 143 feet
Beam: 33 feet
Draft: 13 feet
Final Disposition: Sold in 1979 to Marine Power & Equipment Seattle WA. renamed Marine Constructor
USS TATNUCK (ATA-195)
The second Tatnuck (ATA-195)
was laid down on 15 November 1944 at
Orange, Tex., by the Levingston Shipbuilding
Co.; launched on 14 December 1944; and commissioned
on 26 February 1945, Lt. (jg.) John Pakron
in command.
Following shakedown
training in March, Tatnuck was
briefly assigned to the Atlantic Fleet before being transferred to the Pacific Fleet with her home
yard at Pearl Harbor. During the fall
of 1945, the ocean tug saw service
with the occupation forces in the Far East. On 26 January 1946, she steamed out of the lagoon at Eniwetok
Atoll, reached Pearl Harbor on 19 February, and
remained there until 30 April when she headed for Puget Sound. Tatnuck arrived in Bremerton,
Wash., on 3 January 1947.
For the remainder of her
Navy career, Tatnuck operated in the 13th Naval District. Generally, her
range of operations extended from
the ports of southern California north along the coast of North America
and west to the Aleutian Islands. However,
during each of four of her last five
years of service-1966, 1968, 1969, and
1970-she made a voyage to Balboa, the Pacific terminus of the Panama Canal. In the main, her duties consisted of ocean towing, target towing, and
salvage work; but occasionally she
was also called upon to assist scientists
of the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory in their research work for the Navy.
After more than 26 years
of service, she was placed out of
commission at Bremerton, Wash., on 1 July 1971 and berthed there with the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was disposed of by sale in June 1979.
[Note: The above USS TATNUCK (ATA-195) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS TATNUCK (ATA-195), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]