Tugs of the Auxiliary Fleet Tugs - Ata
Directory of TUGS OF THE AUXILIARY FLEET TUGS - ATA (source: Navsource, composed Hans van der Ster) ATA121 – Sotoyomo ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug / ATA-121 Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug: • Planned and approved as Fleet Tug AT-121 • Reclassified Rescue Tug ATR-43 • Laid Down, 7 September 1942 at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX. • Launched, 19 October 1942 • Commissioned, USS ATR-43, 29 May 1943 • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-121, 15 May 1944 • Decommissioned, 9 April 1946, at Astoria, OR. • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group at Astoria • Recommissioned USS Sotoyomo (ATA-121), 6 June 1951 • Decommissioned, 1 July 1955, at Astoria, OR. • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group at Astoria • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1961 • Reinstated, 6 May 1963 • Sold to Mexico Navy in July 1963, no name change Sotoyomo. • 1966 Stricken Specifications: Displacement 835 t.(fl) Length 143' x Beam 33' 10" x Draft 13' 2" (43.59x10.31x4.01) Speed 13 kts. Complement 45 Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount Propulsion diesel-electric single propeller Sotoyomo The second Sotoyomo, a rescue tug, was laid down on 7 September 1942 at Orange, Tex. by the Levingston Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 19 October 1942; and commissioned on 29 May 1943. In June, ATR-43 sailed from Orange; proceeded via New Orleans and Key West to Hampton Roads; and arrived at Norfolk on the 29th. On 21 July, after shakedown exercises and eight days in drydock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, ATR- 43 headed back to Key West.
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