USS Challenge (ATA-201)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Planned as: | Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-128) |
| Reclassified: | Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-201), 15 May 1944 |
| Delivered to the Navy: | 22 November 1944 |
| Commissioned: | USS ATA-201 (date unknown) |
| Battle Stars: | not known |
| Renamed: | USS Challenge (ATA-201), 16 July 1948 |
| Struck: | 1 September 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | date unknown |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping, 1 October 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class: | Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug |
| Displacement: | 610 t.(lt) 860 t.(fl) |
| Length: | 143' |
| Beam: | 34' |
| Draft: | 15' |
| Speed: | 13 kts |
| Complement: | 7 Officers, 42 Enlisted |
| Armament: | one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts |
| Propulsion: | diesel-electric engines, single screw |
USS Challenge (ATA-201) was a Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug acquired by the U.S. Navy for service during and after World War II.
Challenge was planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-128) and was reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-201), 15 May 1944. She was laid down (date unknown) at Gulfport Boiler & Welding, Port Arthur, Texas, launched (date unknown), delivered to the Navy, 22 November 1944, commissioned, USS ATA-201 (date unknown), and named USS Challenge (ATA-201), 16 July 1948.
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[edit] East Coast activity
Challenge served on the U.S. East Coast. Very little data is available. However, Navy records indicate she towed USS Bangust from Green Cove Springs, Florida, to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1947.
[edit] Final disposition
Challenge was decommissioned (date unknown) and struck from the Naval Register on 1 September 1962. She was sold for scrapping on 1 October 1976 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
