USS Nipmuc (ATF-157)
![]() USS Nipmuc, c. 1948
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Name | Nipmuc |
Namesake | Nipmuc people |
Builder | Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. |
Laid down | 2 December 1944 |
Launched | 12 April 1945 |
Commissioned | 8 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | unknown |
Stricken | 1 September 1978 |
Fate | Sold, to Venezuela under the Security Assistance Program, 1 September 1978 |
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Name | Antonio Picardi (R-22) |
Acquired | 1 September 1978 |
Out of service | 1982 |
Fate | Ran aground and wrecked, 12 April 1982[1] |
General characteristics | |
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 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | Pacific Fleet |
Operations: | World War II |
USS Nipmuc (ATF-157) was an Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tug that served in World War II. The tug was sold to Venezuela in 1978.[2][3]
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References[]
- ^ "FELIPE LARRAZABAL patrol tugs (1944-1946/1962-1978)". Navypedia. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Fleet Tug (ATF)".
- ^ "uboat.net".
Categories:
- Abnaki-class tugs
- 1945 ships
- Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina
- Abnaki-class tugs of the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
- Naval ship stubs