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U.S.S. SALINAN
(ATF-161)SERVICE - TOW AND SALVAGE
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ATF-161 Deployments - Major Events
Add a ATF-161 Shellback Initiation | Add a ATF-161 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1942 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 MAR 1942 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
APR | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 13 APR 1945 at Charleston Ship Building & Drydock Company Charleston SC | ||
JUL | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 20 JUL 1945 | ||
NOV | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 9 NOV 1945 | ||
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Docked in New Orleans during most of the Cuban Missal Crisis. |
NOV | 1963 | - | NOV | 1963 | Learned of JFK's assassination underway. Very little info. |
MAY | 1965 | - | AUG | 1965 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1973 | - | JAN | 1976 | Multiple Emergency Underway for ship broke down at sea |
MAY | 1973 | - | AUG | 1973 | Guantanamo Bay |
SEP | 1974 | - | OCT | 1974 | Caribbean |
NOV | 1974 | - | NOV | 1975 | Dry Dock |
NOV | 1976 | - | JAN | 1977 | Guantanamo Bay |
JAN | 1977 | - | JAN | 1979 | Guantanamo Bay |
ATF-161 General Specifications
Class: Achomawi class fleet tug
Complement: 8 Officers and 68 Enlisted
Displacement: 1205 tons
Length: 205 feet
Beam: 38 feet 7 inches
Draft: 16 feet 9 in
Final Disposition: Sold under the Security Assistance Program to Venezuela 1