ATA 172

ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug / Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:

Planned and approved as Fleet Tug AT-172
Laid down, 24 August 1943, as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-99) at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
Reclassified Auxiliary Ocean Tug ATA-172, date unknown
Launched, 25 November 1943
Commissioned USS ATA-172, 23 February 1944
Decommissioned, date unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Commercial Service

Sold in 1947 to the Panama Canal Company, renamed Taboga
Resold in 1971 to Malcolm Marine Company, name retained
Resold in 1974 to Hannah Marine Corporation, Chicago, renamed Daryl C.Hannah
Renamed Daryl C in 1984
Resold in 1988 to Selvick Marine Towing Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI., renamed Carl William Selvick
Resold in 1998 to Roger Rouzier, Jr., New Orleans, LA., renamed Rosa M
Resold in, date unknown, to Marintec Towing & Salvage, Panama, name retained
Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 835 t.(fl)
Length 143'
Beam 33' 10"
Draft 13' 2"
Speed 13 kts.
Complement 5 Officers 40 Enlisted
Armament
one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
two single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion two GM 12-278A diesel-electric engines, single screw, 1,500 SHP