USS Yaupon

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Yaupon (ATA-218) in c.1945
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Yaupon (ATA-218)
Namesake Yaupon holly tree
BuilderCanulette Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, Louisiana
Laid down29 January 1944
Launched16 September 1944
Commissioned10 March 1945
Decommissioned26 March 1946
Reclassifiedordered as YN-96, then AN-96
Stricken17 April 1946
FateMost likely scrapped sometime after 1947
General characteristics
TypeATA-214-class auxiliary fleet tug
Displacement1,275 tons
Length194 ft 6 in (59.28 m)
Beam34 ft 7 in (10.54 m)
Draft14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) (full load)
Propulsion diesel-electric engines, single screw
Speed12.1 knots
Complement57 officers and enlisted
Armamenttwo 40 mm gun mounts

USS Yaupon (ATA-218) was an ATA-214-class tug of the United States Navy built near the end of World War II. Originally laid down as a net tender of the Ailanthus class, she was redesignated before being launched. The ship was commissioned on 10 March 1945. Yaupon had a brief naval career, and was decommissioned on 26 March 1946.

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Construction

Originally planned as the Ailanthus-class net laying ship Yaupon (YN-72), the vessel was laid down as an auxiliary net laying ship (AN-72) on 29 January 1944 at Slidell, Louisiana by the Canulette Shipbuilding Company. Her name was officially cancelled on 12 August 1944 and she was again repurposed, to an ATA-214-class tug (ATA-218). She was launched on 16 September 1944. The name cancellation was not implemented and she was commissioned on 10 March 1945 as Yaupon. [1] [2]

Career

Yaupon had a brief navy career. After initial trials and training, during which she allided with an abutment of the bascule bridge at Corpus Christi, Texas, she made one round trip to the Far East. On 27 May 1945, with civilian tug Miraflores, she refloated the tanker Cities Service Fuel, which had gone aground off Galveston. She commenced her first service voyage on 1 June, towing a barge from Westwego, Louisiana for San Diego, California. From there, with another barge, she sailed to Honolulu, Hawaii and thence with a barge and a small tug to Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands and a floating workshop to Buckner Bay, Okinawa, arriving there soon after the Japanese surrender. On return she picked up a floating dock at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, for Oahu, Hawaii, where it was taken over by USS Chickasaw (ATF-83) for towing to Portland, Oregon, escorted by Yaupon; they departed Oahu in early December and arrived on Christmas Day. [1]

In January 1946, Yaupon was sent to San Francisco to prepare for decommissioning, which took place on 26 March. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 17 April 1946, and she was sold through the War Shipping Administration on 3 January 1947, probably for demolition. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cressman, Robert J (15 May 2018). "Yaupon (ATA-218)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "USS Yaupon (ATA-218)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. Navsource Naval History. 10 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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