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USS Moctobi
Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug in the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Moctobi (ATF-105) was an Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tug. She served in World War II, Vietnam, and Korea, the last two of which she received battle stars. She was scrapped in 2012.[1]
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Name | Moctobi |
Builder | Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. |
Laid down | 7 October 1943 |
Launched | 25 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 25 July 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1948 |
Recommissioned | 8 November 1950 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1985 |
Stricken | 27 January 1992 |
Fate | Sold to the Northeast Wisconsin Railroad Transportation Commission, 29 December 1997; scrapped 2012 |
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Class and type | Abnaki-class tugboat |
Displacement | 1,675 tons |
Length | 205 ft 0 in (62.48 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
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Service record | |
Part of: | Pacific Fleet |
Commanders: | LT. John M. Geortner |
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