USS Achomawi
ROCS Da Gang (ex-Achomawi) seen in 2014. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Achomawi |
| Ordered | 13 October 1943 |
| Builder | Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. |
| Laid down | 15 January 1944 |
| Launched | 14 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 11 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 10 June 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1962 |
| Fate | Transferred to Taiwan in 1991 |
| Taiwan | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | 1991 |
| Identification | ATF-554 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Abnaki-class tugboat |
| Displacement | 1,675 long tons (1,702 t) |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 71 enlisted |
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USS Achomawi (AT-148/ATF-148) was an Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug in the service of the United States Navy, and was named for the Achomawi tribe of Native Americans.
Achomawi was laid down as AT-148 on 15 January 1944 at Charleston, South Carolina by Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock, redesignated ATF-148 on 15 May 1944, and launched on 14 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. J. F. Veronee. The ship was commissioned on 11 November 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard.