Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:

  • Laid down, date unknown, as Fleet Tug (AT-149) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug, (ATF-149), 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 11 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS Atakapa (ATF-149) in December 1944
  • During World War II USS Atakapa was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II USS Atakapa was assigned to Occupation service from 13 September 1945 to 15 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, 8 November 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Recommissioned, 9 August 1951
  • Decommissioned, circa 1970s and placed in service with MSC as USNS Atakapa (T-ATF-149)
  • Placed out of service, circa 1980s
  • Transferred to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 February 1992
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 25 August 2000

    Specifications: 
    Displacement 1,190 t.(lt) 
    Length 205' 
    Beam 38' 5" 
    Draft 15' 4" 
    Speed 16.5 kts. 
    Complement 85 
    Armamentone single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounttwo twin 40mm AA gun mounts    two single 20mm AA gun mounts 
    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, 3,600shp