Rescue Tug  ATR-7

A wooden hulled Rescue Tug,
built to patrol convoy lanes.


Photo from: NAVSOURCE .ORG
Submitted by Donald Taber
to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

Other Photos
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ATR-7 off Boothbay, ME., date unknown
Submitted by Donald Taber
to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
on: http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/40007.htm

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
 
Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug:
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

Specifications:
Displacement 852 t.(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 single 20mm gun mounts
Complement 32
Propulsion triple-expansion reciprocating
steam engines, single screw, 1,600 hp
Frank L. Sample BUILT  ATR-7 THRU ATR-12 all disposed of in 1946.
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See:  WWII TUGS
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There is a story about ATR-7's service life but I have promised the author that I will not post it.
It is detailed, day by day, from its commissioning to the end of  WWII.


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