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  2. USS Tawasa - Wikipedia

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    ATF-92, 15 May 1944: Stricken: 1 April 1975: Honors and ... USS Tawasa (AT-92) was a Cherokee-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War ...

  3. List of United States Navy ships: T–V - Wikipedia

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    This section of the list of United States Navy ships contains all ships of the United States Navy with names beginning with T, U and V. . For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy.

  4. USS Weiss (APD-135) - Wikipedia

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    On the 27th, the tug Tawasa (ATF-92), while attempting to refloat Weiss, also grounded on an uncharted reef. Safeguard (ARS-25) then came to the aid of both stricken ships. Finally at about 20:00 hours, Weiss eased off the reef into deeper water.

  5. Cherokee-class tugboat - Wikipedia

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    USS Tawasa towed a nuclear bomb used as a nuclear depth charge as it was detonated in Operation Wigwam in 1955 Ta Feng, ex-USS Narragansett at Keelung harbor, September 28, 2019. The first three vessels, Navajo, Seminole and Cherokee, were constructed from 1938 to 1940 at the Bethlehem Staten Island division of Bethlehem Steel.

  6. Naval Base Tarawa - Wikipedia

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    The tug USS Tawasa and USS Arapaho (ATF-68) often worked at the port, as did the tanker USS Maquoketa. [3] A temporary Seabee camp was built on the beach, lagoon side of Betio, and later a more permanent camp was built after the completion of the airstrip. On December 4, another Seabee group arrived to help with construction.

  7. USS Vent - Wikipedia

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    USS Vent (ARS-29) was a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy during World War II.Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels. Vent was laid down on 29 January 1943 at Bellingham, Washington, by the Bellingham Marine Railway Co., launched on 30 June 1943, and commissioned on 7 April 1944.

  8. Abnaki-class tugboat - Wikipedia

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    USS Moctobi (Lion) and USS Quapaw (Tiger) in 2011. The Abnaki-class tug is a class of United States Navy fleet ocean tugs which began construction in November 1942. Comprising 22 oceangoing tugboats, the class was constructed in response to the needs of World War II, but members of the class served in the Korean War and Vietnam War as well.

  9. USS Tacoma (PGM-92) - Wikipedia

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    USS Tacoma (PG-92) was an Asheville-class gunboat of the U.S. Navy and the fourth ship to be named after the city of Tacoma, Washington. Tacoma was the first in a series of revised Asheville-class gunboats. [2] Some sources call these revised boats Tacoma- or PG-92-class, [3] but the U.S. Navy officially designates them as Asheville-class. [4]