USS Accokeek
Auxiliary ocean tug of the United States Navy, / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Accokeek (ATA-181) was an ATA-174 class auxiliary ocean tug in the service of the United States Navy, named after the Accokeek tribe of Native Americans.
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USS Accokeek (ATA-181) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS ATA-181 |
Ordered | 16 August 1943 |
Builder | Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 15 June 1944 |
Launched | 27 July 1944 |
Commissioned | 7 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 29 June 1972 |
Renamed | Accokeek, 16 July 1948 |
Stricken | 31 March 1986 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sunk as artificial reef, 20 February 1987 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sotoyomo-class auxiliary ocean tug |
Displacement | 835 long tons (848 t) |
Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 5 officers, 44 enlisted |
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She was laid down as the unnamed ATA-181 on 15 June 1944 at Orange, Texas by Levingston Shipbuilding, launched on 27 July 1944, and commissioned on 7 October 1944.