USS Achomawi
Tugboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Achomawi (AT-148/ATF-148) was an Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug in the service of the United States Navy, and was named for the Achomawi tribe of Native Americans.
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Name | USS Achomawi |
Ordered | 13 October 1943 |
Builder | Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. |
Laid down | 15 January 1944 |
Launched | 14 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 11 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 10 June 1947 |
Stricken | 1 September 1962 |
Fate | Transferred to Taiwan in 1991 |
Taiwan | |
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Acquired | 1991 |
Identification | ATF-554 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Abnaki-class tugboat |
Displacement | 1,675 long tons (1,702 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
Complement | 6 officers, 71 enlisted |
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Achomawi was laid down as AT-148 on 15 January 1944 at Charleston, South Carolina by Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock, redesignated ATF-148 on 15 May 1944, and launched on 14 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. J. F. Veronee. The ship was commissioned on 11 November 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard.