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USS Salish
Tugboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Salish (ATA-187) (previously ATR-114) was a Sotoyomo-class rescue tug of the US Navy. Her hull was laid down on 29 August 1944. She left US service on 10 February 1972 and was recommissioned in the Argentine Navy on the same day as the ARA Alférez Sobral (A-9).
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![]() ARA Alférez Sobral (A-9), former USS Salish (ATA-187) | |
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Name | ATA-187 |
Laid down | 29 August 1944 |
Launched | 29 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 7 December 1944 |
Renamed | Salish, 16 July 1948 |
Decommissioned | 10 February 1972 |
Fate | transferred to Argentine Navy, 10 February 1972 |
Stricken | 1 February 1975 |
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Name | ARA Alférez Sobral |
Acquired | 10 February 1972 |
Identification | A-9 |
Status | decommissioned in 2018 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 835 tons (848 t) (full) |
Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 45–49 |
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