USS Abnaki
US Navy fleet ocean tug in service 1943-1978 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Abnaki (ATF-96) was the lead ship of the Abnaki class of fleet ocean tugs in the service of the United States Navy, named after the Abenaki tribe of Native Americans. She was laid down on 28 November 1942 at Charleston, South Carolina by Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock, launched on 22 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. James Mayon Jones, and commissioned at the Charleston Navy Yard on 25 November 1943. Abnaki earned three battle stars for service during the Korean War and 10 battle stars during the Vietnam War.
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Abnaki (ATF-96) (right) alongside a Soviet spy trawler | |
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Name | USS Abnaki |
Namesake | Abenaki |
Builder | Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. |
Laid down | 28 November 1942 |
Launched | 22 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 25 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1978 |
Stricken | 30 September 1978 |
Fate | Transferred to Mexico, 30 September 1978 |
Mexico | |
Name | Yaqui (A-18) |
Acquired | 30 September 1978 |
Status | In active service as of 2019[1] |
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Class and type | Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug |
Displacement | 1,240 long tons (1,260 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 | 85 |
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