USS Achowami (AT-148) Class

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USS Achowami (ATF-148) on 26 March 1946
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Class:        ACHOWAMI (AT-148)
Design        Navy AT-64 variant
Displacement (tons):        1,091 light, 1,675 max.
Dimensions (feet):        205.0' oa, 195.0' wl x 38.5' e x 15.3' max.
Original Armament:        1-3"/50 2-40mmS 2-20mmS (ATF 148-156, 158)
Later armaments:        1-3"/50 2-40mmS 2-20mmT (1945: ATF-157, 159-63 and ATF-156 upgraded 1949); 1-3"/50 2-40mmS (1952-63: 10 units);
1-3"/50 (1958-63: 12 units); 1-3"/50 2-20mmS (1961-3: ATF 151, 154)
Complement        89 (1944)
Speed (kts.):        16.5
Propulsion (HP):        3,000
Machinery:        1 screw, G.M. or Busch-Sulzer diesel-electric (4 diesel generators)

Construction:

AT	Name	Ord.	Builder	Keel	Launch	Commiss.
148	ACHOMAWI	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	15 Jan 44	14 Jun 44	11 Nov 44
149	ATAKAPA	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	17 Feb 44	11 Jul 44	8 Dec 44
150	AVOYEL	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	25 Mar 44	9 Aug 44	8 Jan 45
151	CHAWASHA	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	7 Apr 44	15 Sep 44	5 Feb 45
152	CAHUILLA	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	16 Jun 44	2 Nov 44	10 Mar 45
153	CHILULA	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	13 Jul 44	1 Dec 44	5 Apr 45
154	CHIMARIKO	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	11 Aug 44	30 Dec 44	28 Apr 45
155	CUSABO	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	18 Sep 44	26 Feb 45	19 May 45
156	LUISENO	13 Oct 43	Charleston SB & DD	7 Nov 44	17 Mar 45	16 Jun 45
157	NIPMUC	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	2 Dec 44	12 Apr 45	8 Jul 45
158	MOSOPELEA	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	2 Jan 45	7 May 45	28 Jul 45
159	PAIUTE	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	27 Feb 45	4 Jun 45	27 Aug 45
160	PAPAGO	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	19 Mar 45	21 Jun 45	3 Oct 45
161	SALINAN	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	13 Apr 45	20 Jul 45	9 Nov 45
162	SHAKORI	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	9 May 45	9 Aug 45	20 Dec 45
163	UTINA	14 Aug 43	Charleston SB & DD	6 Jun 45	31 Aug 45	30 Jan 46

Disposition:

AT	Name	Decomm.	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale
148	ACHOMAWI	10 Jun 47	1 Sep 62	1 Sep 62	MA	20 Jun 91
149	ATAKAPA	16 Aug 81	21 Feb 92	25 Oct 00	Tgt.	--
150	AVOYEL	11 Jan 47	1 Jun 69	9 Jul 56	Trf.	--
151	CHAWASHA	7 Nov 46	1 Jul 63	14 Aug 78	Hulk	--
152	CAHUILLA	27 Jun 47	1 Jul 61	Jul 61	Trf.	--
153	CHILULA	29 Nov 46	1 Jun 69	9 Jul 56	Trf.	--
154	CHIMARIKO	30 Oct 46	1 Jul 63	11 Aug 76	Hulk	--
155	CUSABO	3 Dec 46	31 Mar 78	2 Nov 60	Trf.	--
156	LUISENO	1 Jul 75	1 Jul 75	1 Jul 75	Trf.	--
157	NIPMUC	1 Sep 78	1 Sep 78	1 Sep 78	Trf.	--
158	MOSOPELEA	30 Sep 81	21 Feb 92	27 Oct 99	Tgt.	--
159	PAIUTE	7 Aug 92	14 Feb 95	29 Dec 97	Trf.	--
160	PAPAGO	28 Jul 92	14 Feb 95	29 Dec 97	Trf.	--
161	SALINAN	1 Sep 78	1 Sep 78	1 Sep 78	Trf.	--
162	SHAKORI	29 Feb 80	15 Mar 80	29 Aug 80	Trf.	--
163	UTINA	3 Sep 71	1 Sep 76	3 Sep 71	Trf.	--

Class Notes:
FY 1944. On 11 Jun 43 the Auxiliary Vessels Board recommended a large program of auxiliary vessels to support the 1943 program of combatant vessels approved by the President in May 1943. The emphasis of this program was on tenders, but in addition the Board noted that Naval construction facilities were available for building a limited number of various smaller types of auxiliary craft. These included 18 205' fleet tugs to be completed and delivered at the rate of one per month beginning in the third quarter of 1944.

In these tugs a large smokestack as in the NAVAJO (AT-64) class was restored, except that it was lower and had a conspicuous cap. These ships were otherwise virtually identical to the preceding AT-96 and AT-64 classes.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (23 Sep 96) included a provision sponsored by Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan instructing the Navy to transfer six obsolete tugboats, ATF-105, 110, 149, 158, 159, and 160, to the Northeast Wisconsin Railroad Transportation Commission, an instrumentality of the State of Wisconsin, provided they were not needed for transfer or donation elsewhere. The Ontonagan County Economic Development Corporation signed for custody of the vessels on behalf of the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad, which operates a freight service in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and which wanted their diesel engines (4 per tug) to put in their locomotives. Ultimately only four tugs were transferred, the Navy instead expending ATF-149 and 158 as targets.

Ship Notes:

AT	Name	Notes
148	ACHOMAWI	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-148 15 May 44. In USN reserve 1946-61, to NDRF 31 Jul 61, title to MA 1 Sep 62. Purchased by Taiwan from MA 20 Jun 91 (date withdrawn from NDRF) as TA TU, still listed 2009.
149	ATAKAPA	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-149 15 May 44. In USN reserve 1946-51 (out of commission in reserve 8 Nov 46, recomm. 9 Aug 51). Decom. and to MSTS 1 Jul 74, designated T-ATF- 149. To NDRF 1 Oct 81. Back to Navy 13 Apr 00 and sunk as target.
150	AVOYEL	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-150 15 May 44. In USN reserve 1946-56. Loaned to USCG 1956 as AVOYEL. Collided with cutter RESOLUTE 10 Jan 68, transferred by USN to USCG 1969, decomm. by USCG 1969, sold 1970.
151	CHAWASHA	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-151 15 May 44. In USN reserve 1946-62, to NDRF 25 Oct 62, title to MA 1 Jul 63. From MA to Navy 14 Aug 78 for use as target.
152	CAHUILLA	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-152 15 May 44. In USN reserve 1946-61. To Argentina 1961 as COMANDANTE GENERAL IRIGOYEN, still listed 2009.
153	CHILULA	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-153 15 May 44. In USN reserve 1946-56. Loaned to USCG 1956 as CHILULA, transferred 1969. Decomm. by Coast Guard 19 Jun 91 and returned to Navy, may have been sunk as target 1997.
154	CHIMARIKO	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-154 15 May 44. In USN reserve 1946-62, to NDRF 1 Nov 62, title to MA 1 Jul 63. From MA to Navy 11 Aug 76 for salvage training, possibly stricken again 21 Jul 78, and expended as target 27 Aug 78.
155	CUSABO	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-155 15 May 44. In USN reserve 1946-60. Loaned to Ecuador 1960 as LOS RIOS, renamed CAYAMBE 1966. Sold to Ecuador 30 Aug 78, to Coast Guard 1991, stricken 1999.
156	LUISENO	Ordered from United Engineering Co., Alameda, Cal. 29 Jul 43, cancelled there 24 Sep 43. To ATF-156 15 May 44. To Argentina 1975 as FRANCISCO DE GURRUCHAGA. Still listed 2009.
157	NIPMUC	To ATF-157 15 May 44. To Venezuela 1978 as ANTONIO PICARDI. Grounded and lost 12 Apr 82.
158	MOSOPELEA	To ATF-158 15 May 44. Decom. and to MSTS 2 Jul 73, designated T-ATF-158. To NDRF 1 Oct 81. From MA to Navy 22 Oct 97 for use as a target.
159	PAIUTE	To ATF-159 15 May 44. Decom. at Mayport, Fla., 23 Aug 85, recom. 1987. Transferred by Navy 1997 to N.E. Wisconsin Railroad Transportation Commission.
160	PAPAGO	To ATF-160 15 May 44. Decom. at Little Creek, Va., 28 Jun 85, recom. ca. 1987. Transferred by Navy 1997 to N.E. Wisconsin Railroad Transportation Commission.
161	SALINAN	To ATF-161 15 May 44. To Venezuela 1978 as CONTRALMIRANTE MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ. Decomm. ca. 2005. Her replacement, the seagoing tug FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA, was completed in 2008.
162	SHAKORI	To ATF-162 15 May 44. To Taiwan from Navy 1980, probably as TA TAI, still listed 2009.
163	UTINA	To ATF-163 15 May 44. Loaned to Venezuela 1971 as FELIPE LARRAZABAL. Sold to Venezuela 30 Dec 77. Stricken 1990, derelict hulk still at Carabobo, Venezuela, 2009.