USS Carib (AT-82)

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Carib
Namesake Carib
BuilderCharleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, South Carolina
Launched7 February 1943
Commissioned24 July 1943
Decommissioned24 January 1947
ReclassifiedATF-82, 15 May 1944
Stricken1 July 1963
FateSold to Colombia, 14 February 1978
Naval Ensign of Colombia.svg Colombia
NameARC Pedro de Heredia
Namesake Pedro de Heredia
Acquired14 February 1978
FateSunk by the Colombian Navy, June 2007
General characteristics
Class and type Cherokee-class fleet tug
Displacement1,235 long tons (1,255 t)
Length205 ft (62 m)
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement85 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Carib (AT-82) was a Cherokee-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned." She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

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The second U.S. Navy ship to be named Carib, she was launched 7 February 1943 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, South Carolina; sponsored by Mrs. N. R. Wade; and commissioned 24 July 1943.

World War II Atlantic Ocean operations

Carib cleared Norfolk, Virginia, 3 September 1943 for duty under Commander, Service Force, Atlantic. She arrived at Recife, Brazil, 17 October, and through June 1944 operated along the coast of Brazil on local escort, towing and salvage duty. This important support aided in the successful antisubmarine and escort operations of the South Atlantic Force.

Transfer to the Pacific Ocean

Clearing for the Mediterranean 6 June 1944, Carib returned to New York 22 July, towing the battle-damaged destroyer escort Menges (DE-320) across the Atlantic. Through the next year, she aided in the development of anti-submarine equipment at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and at Port Everglades, Florida. The fleet tug cleared Port Everglades on 1 June 1945 for the Pacific, towing barracks craft (non-self propelled) APL-28 to the Panama Canal Zone, and then the 10,000-ton concrete floating drydock ARDC-2 to Pearl Harbor.

Carib towed battle rafts to Eniwetok and Okinawa, and at Buckner Bay on 21 October reported to the U.S. 5th Fleet's Service Squadron 10. Towing jobs in support of the occupation of Japan and redeployments in China took Carib to Japan and Shanghai from Okinawa until 9 January 1946. The tug towed stores ship E.A. Poe (IX-103) to Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, arriving 6 February, and operated in the Philippines until 6 April.

Post-war decommissioning

Carib returned to San Pedro, California, 29 May, and on 24 January 1947 was placed out of commission in reserve, berthed at San Diego, California. She was struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1963, and sold to Colombia, under the Security Assistance Program, 14 February 1978 and renamed ARC Pedro de Heredia. Final Disposition was to be sunk by the Colombian Navy in June 2007.

Colombian Navy

In March 1979 in Alameda, California, the unit was reactivated in the shipyard Tod Shipyard with the first Colombian crew, the first sea test was on 30 July 1979, and the official day of incorporation to the Colombian Navy was 7 August 1979, the last commanding officer was The Master Chief Rafael Darío Valverde Burgos. The Colombia Seal for the 5KLE:

Seal for the ARC Pedro de Heredia in the Colombian Navy 5KLE.png
Seal for the ARC Pedro de Heredia in the Colombian Navy

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.