USS Pakana
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USS Pakana (AT–108) was an Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug. It was named after the Pakana, a Native American tribe of Texas. This ship saw service in the Pacific theater of World War II, and was later transferred to the United States Bureau of Mines for use in Alaska before being deliberately sunk in 1975.
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USS Pakana and USS Munsee (ATF-107) towing the broken off bow of USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) | |
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Name | Pakana |
Laid down | 1 October 1942 |
Launched | 3 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 17 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 30 April 1948 |
Reclassified | 15 May 1944 |
Stricken | 1 July 1963 |
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Fate | Sunk as a target, 27 May 1975 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug |
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; 19.0 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
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