USS Chimariko |
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| Career (United States) | |
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| Name: | USS Chimariko |
| Namesake: | A Native American tribe living in California |
| Ordered: | 1944 |
| Builder: | Charleston Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Charleston S.C. |
| Laid down: | 1944 |
| Launched: | 30 December 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 28 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 October 1946 at San Pedro, CA |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target off southern California, 27 August 1978 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Abnaki-class Tug |
| Displacement: | 1,190 tons |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 38.4 ft (11.7 m) (extreme) |
| Draft: | 15.3 ft (4.7 m) (mean) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel/electric, four General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw |
| Speed: | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 officers and men |
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USS Chimariko (ATF-154) was an Abnaki class Fleet Ocean Tug of the United States Navy and the first to be named Chimariko after the Native American tribe in California.
She was laid down as (AT-154) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston S.C.
On 15 May 1944 she was redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-149). She was launched on 30 December 1944 (Sponsored by Mrs. G. Davis) and commissioned USS Chimariko (ATF-154) on 28 April 1945, Lieutenant Walter R. Wurzler, USNR, in command. Departing Norfolk, Va.
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Chimariko was transferred to Maritime Administration custody in 1962, but was returned to the Navy in August 1976 for use as a salvage training hulk. Later employed as a target, she was sunk in deep water off Southern California on 27 August 1978.
She now lies at rest in 1150 fathoms at 032,00 N ,118,00 W.
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