• USCGC Avoyel (WMEC-150)ex
  • USCGC Avoyel (WAT-150) (1956 - 1966)
  • USS Avoyel (ATF-150) (1945 - 1947)
  • USS Avoyel (AT-150) (1945)
 
Navajo Class Fleet Ocean Tug
  • Laid down, 25 March 1944, at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 9 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Avoyel (AT-150), 8 January 1945 at Charleston, S.C., LCDR. William R. Brown in command
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug ATF-150, 15 May 1945
  • During World War II USS Avoyel was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II USS Avoyel was assigned to Occupation duty in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 1 March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 11 January 1947, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Loaned to the US Coast Guard, 9 July 1956
  • Commissioned USCGC Avoyel (WAT-150), 3 October 1956 and assigned to Eureka, CA.
  • Reclassified Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC-150) in 1966
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1969, and permanently transferred to the US Coast Guard
  • Decommissioned by the Coast Guard, 30 September 1969
  • Final Disposition, sold for commercial service, fate unknown

    Specifications: 
    Displacement 1,205 t.(lt) 1,675 t.(fl) 
    Length 205' 
    Beam 38' 6" 
    Draft 15' 4" 
    Speed 16.5 kts. 
    ComplementOfficers 5Enlisted 80 
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t. 
    Armamentone single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounttwo single 40mm AA gun mountstwo single 20mm AA gun mountstwo depth charge tracks 
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 2,275 Bbls 
    PropulsionDiesel-electric four GM 12-278A Diesel-electric driving four Allis Chalmers generatorssingle Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction GearsShip's Service Generatorstwo Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.one Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V/240V D.C.    single propeller, 3,000shp