USS Penguin (ASR-12) Class

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Class:        PENGUIN (ASR-12)
Design        Navy AT-99/148
Displacement (tons):        1,272 light, 2,150 lim.
Dimensions (feet):        205.0' oa, 195.0' wl x 39.25' x 14.9' lim.
Original Armament:        1-3"/50 4-20mm (ASR-12)
Later armaments:        1-3"/50 2-20mmS (1947: ASR-12, 19-20);
2-20mmT (1970: ASR-12, 20)
Complement        89 (1944)
Speed (kts.):        16.5
Propulsion (HP):        3,000
Machinery:        1 screw, diesel-electric

Construction:

ASR	Name	Ord.	Builder	Keel	Launch	Commiss.
12	PENGUIN	6 Mar 42	Charleston SB & DD	9 Feb 43	20 Jul 43	31 May 44
19	BLUEBIRD	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	23 Jun 45	15 Feb 46	28 May 46
20	SKYLARK	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	23 Jul 45	19 Mar 46	1 Mar 51

Disposition:

ASR	Name	Decomm.	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale
12	PENGUIN	1970	30 Jun 70	22 Jun 71	MA/D	22 Jun 71
19	BLUEBIRD	15 Aug 50	26 Sep 50	15 Aug 50	Trf	--
20	SKYLARK	30 Jun 73	30 Jun 73	30 Jun 73	Trf	--

Class Notes:
FY 1942 (ASR-12), 1944 (ASR 19-20). Construction of these vessels as fleet tugs of the NAVAJO (AT-64) class was directed by SecNav on 16 Feb 42 (ASR-12) and by the Auxiliary Vessels Board on 11 Jun 43 (ASR 19-20). CHETCO (AT-99) was reclassified ASR-12 and renamed PENGUIN on 23 Sep 43. The reclassification of ATF 164-165 to ASR 19-20 was recommended on 7 Nov 45 and approved on 13 Nov 45. They received new names on 5 Dec 45. ASR-12 was of the variant of the NAVAJO class that lacked a smokestack (listed here as the AT-99 class) while the other two were of the final NAVAJO class variant that had a short stack with a large cap (listed here as the AT-148 class).

Ship Notes:

ASR	Name	Notes
12	PENGUIN	Ex CHETCO (AT-99) 23 Sep 43. In USN reserve 1946-52 (inactivation completed 4 Sep 47, recomm. 3 Apr 52). Probably awarded to buyer, H. L. Shibley, Houston, Tex., for scrapping 13 Jul 71, but he converted vessel to salvage tug PERCHERON for his Panamanian firm, Shibley Boats. This firm renamed her DONA ROSA MARIA in 1985 and deleted her in 1999.
19	BLUEBIRD	Ex USS YUROK 5 Dec 45, ex ATF-164 13 Nov 45, ex AT-164 15 May 44. To Turkey 1950 as KURTARAN, stk. by Turkey 15 Sep 2000 and sunk as aircraft target 2001.
20	SKYLARK	Ex USS YUSTAGA 5 Dec 45, ex ATF-165 13 Nov 45, ex AT-165 15 May 44. Completed 19 Jul 46, in USN reserve 1946-51 (inactivation completed 17 Mar 47). To Brazil 1973 as GASTAO MOUTINHO. Coastal patrol vessel 1989, stk. 18 Sep 96.