USS Abnaki (right), alongside a Soviet trawler | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Abnaki class |
Operators |
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Preceded by | Cherokee class |
Succeeded by | Powhatan class |
Built | 1942–1945 |
In commission | 1943–present |
Completed | 27 |
Active | 6 |
Lost | 3 |
Retired | 17 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean fleet tug |
Displacement | 1,589 tons |
Length | 205 ft 0 in (62.48 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
Range | 6000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 16 knots 15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km) at 8 knots |
Complement | 85 |
Armament |
The Abnaki-class tug is a class of United States Navy fleet ocean tugs which began construction in November 1942. Comprising 22 oceangoing tugboats, the class was constructed in response to the needs of World War II, but members of the class served in the Korean War and Vietnam War as well. The United States Navy no longer has any ships of this class in active duty.
Ship name | Hull number | Builder | Comm. | Decomm. | Fate |
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Abnaki | ATF-96 | Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 25 Nov 1943 | 30 Sep 1978 | Transferred to Mexico; currently active |
Alsea | ATF-97 | 13 Dec 1943 | 15 Apr 1955 | Sold for scrap, 20 June 1996 | |
Arikara | ATF-98 | 5 Jan 1944 | 1 Jul 1971 | Transferred to Chile, 1 July 1971; Sunk as target, 1992 | |
Chetco | ATF-99 | 29 May 1944 | 29 Jun 1970 | Converted to submarine rescue ship during construction; renamed USS Penguin (ASR-12). | |
Chowanoc | ATF-100 | 21 Feb 1944 | 1 Oct 1971 | Transferred to Ecuador, 1 October 1977; currently active | |
Cocopa | ATF-101 | 25 Mar 1944 | 30 Sep 1978 | Transferred to Mexico, 30 September 1978; currently active | |
Hidatsa | ATF-102 | 25 Apr 1944 | 5 May 1948 | Transferred to Colombia, 1 March 1979; fate unknown | |
Hitchiti | ATF-103 | 27 May 1944 | 30 Sep 1979 | Transferred to Mexico, 1 September 1976; Decommissioned 16 June 2021 & awaiting disposal in Colima. [1] | |
Jicarilla | ATF-104 | 26 Jun 1944 | 14 Jun 1950 | Transferred to Colombia, 1 March 1979; sunk as artificial reef 2 September 2004 | |
Moctobi | ATF-105 | 25 Jul 1944 | 30 Sep 1985 | Sold to the Northeast Wisconsin Railroad Transportation Commission, 29 December 1997; scrapped 2012 | |
Molala | ATF-106 | United Engineering Company | 29 Sep 1943 | 1 Aug 1978 | Transferred to Mexico, 1 August 1978; currently active |
Munsee | ATF-107 | 30 Oct 1943 | 3 Nov 1969 | Sold into commercial service, 2 July 1970; scrapped 1978. | |
Pakana | ATF-108 | 17 Dec 1945 | 30 Apr 1948 | Sunk as a target, 27 May 1975 | |
Potawatomi | ATF-109 | 12 Feb 1944 | 28 Apr 1948 | Transferred to Chile February 1963; sunk, 15 August 1965 | |
Quapaw | ATF-110 | 6 May 1944 | 30 Aug 1985 | Sank as a result of neglect, 11 December 2011; scrapped 2012 | |
Sarsi | ATF-111 | 24 Jun 1944 | n/a | Sunk, 27 August 1952 | |
Serrano | ATF-112 | 22 Sep 1944 | 2 Jan 1970 | Sold for scrap, 2 November 1971 | |
Takelma | ATF-113 | 3 Aug 1944 | 28 Jan 1992 | Transferred to Argentina as Suboficial Castillo, 30 September 1993; auctioned off 2022 [2] | |
Tawakoni | ATF-114 | 15 Sep 1944 | 1978 | Transferred to Taiwan, 1 June 1978; decommissioned 1 November 2020 and sunk as a target on 15 August 2023. [3] | |
Tenino | ATF-115 | 18 Nov 1944 | 17 May 1947 | Sunk as a target, 18 Aug 1986 | |
Tolowa | ATF-116 | 26 Dec 1944 | 27 Jan 1947 | Unknown | |
Wateree | ATF-117 | 17 Feb 1945 | n/a | Sunk, 9 October 1945 | |
Wenatchee | ATF-118 | 24 Mar 1945 | 19 Mar 1947 | Sold to Taiwan in 1992 for use as a parts hulk, laid up at Kaohsiung as of December 2023. [4] | |
Achomawi | ATF-148 | Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 11 Nov 1944 | 10 Jun 1947 | Transferred to Taiwan, 1991; currently active |
Atakapa | ATF-149 | 8 Dec 1944 | 1 Jul 1974 | Sunk as a target, 25 August 2000 | |
Cahuilla | ATF-152 | 10 Mar 1945 | 27 Jun 1947 | Transferred to Argentina, 9 July 1961; museum ship | |
Chimariko | ATF-154 | 28 Apr 1945 | 30 Oct 1946 | Sunk as a target, 27 August 1978 | |
Cusabo | ATF-155 | 19 May 1945 | 3 Dec 1946 | Transferred to Ecuador, 30 August 1978; stricken 1999 | |
Luiseno | ATF-156 | 16 Jun 1945 | 1 Jul 1975 | Transferred to Argentina, 1 July 1975; currently active | |
Nimpuc | ATF-157 | 8 Jul 1945 | n/a | Transferred to Venezuela, 1 September 1978; fate unknown | |
Mosopelea | ATF-158 | 28 Jul 1945 | n/a | Sunk as a target, 27 October 1999 | |
Paiute | ATF-159 | 27 Aug 1945 | 7 Aug 1992 | Scrapped 2003 | |
Papago | ATF-160 | 3 Oct 1945 | 28 Jul 1992 | Decommissioned 28 July 1992, as of 2010 part of the Naval mothball fleet located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] | |
Salinan | ATF-161 | 9 Nov 1945 | 1 Sep 1978 | Transferred to Venezuela, 1 September 1978; fate unknown | |
Shakori | ATF-162 | 20 Dec 1945 | 29 Feb 1980 | Transferred to Taiwan, 1 October 1980; decommissioned 1 August 2023 after being damaged in a January 2022 fire. [5] | |
Utina | ATF-163 | 30 Jan 1946 | 3 Sep 1971 | Transferred to Venezuela, 1 December 1977; fate unknown |
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