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Ships History & Specifications

 

 
Laid Down: 28 November, 1942  AT 96
Place: Charleston, South Carolina
Builder: Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydrock Company
Launched: 22 April, 1943
Sponsor: Mrs. Mayon Jones
Commissioned: 25 November, 1943 ~ Charleston Navy Yard
Commissioning CO: Lieutenant Dewey Walley
Reclassified: 15 May 1978 ATF (Auxiliary Tug Fleet)
Decommissioned: 30 September 1978
Commissioned by Mexico 30 September 1978  as ARM A.H. Ehechtl (A-53)
Renamed by Mexico (date unknown)  ARM Yaqui (ARE 2)
   
 

As Built Specifications

Displacement: 1,205 t.(lt) 1,646 t.(fl)
Length: 205 Feet
Beam: 39 Feet
Draft : 17 Feet  (max)
Speed: 16 Knots  (downhill)
Complement: 8 Officers  68 Enlisted
Armament: one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20 gun mounts
Propulsion: four Alco diesel-electric engines, single screw, 3,000hp
   

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