Rescue Tug ATR-7A wooden hulled Rescue Tug,built to patrol convoy lanes. | ..... |  |
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| : Laid down in 1943 at Frank L.Sample Shipyard, Boothbay, ME.Launched (date unknown) Commissioned USS ATR-7 10 Feb. 1944 Decommissioned 13 May 1946 Struck from the Naval Register in 1946 Final Disposition, Sold to the Philippines | : Displacement 852t.(lt) 1,360 t.(fl) Length 165'6" Beam 33' 4" Draft 15'6" Speed 12 kts. Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two single20mm gun mounts Complement 32 Propulsion triple-expansion reciprocating steamengines, single screw, 1,600 hp | |
| Frank L.Sample BUILT ATR-7 THRU ATR-12 all disposed of in 1946. ... See: WWIITUGS ... | ||
| There is a storyabout ATR-7's service life but I have promised the author that I willnot post it. It is detailed, day by day, from its commissioning to the end of WWII. | ||
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