USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166) at sea, 16 April 1981.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166) |
Namesake | The Powhatan, a native people of eastern Virginia |
Builder | Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 30 September 1976 |
Launched | 24 June 1978 |
Acquired | 15 June 1979 |
Out of service | 26 February 1999 |
Stricken | 25 February 2008 |
Identification |
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Fate | Leased for commercial service 26 February 1999; Sold to Turkey 26 February 2008 |
Turkey | |
Name | TCG İnebolu |
Acquired | 26 February 2008 |
Identification | Call sign TBDE |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Powhatan-class tugboat |
Displacement | 2,260 tons, fully loaded |
Length | 225 ft 11 in (68.86 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × General Motors EMD 20-645F7B Diesel engines, two shafts; bow thruster, 300 hp (224 kW) |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 16 civilian mariners plus 4 U.S. Navy personnel |
USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166) was the lead ship of the United States Navy Powhatan-class fleet ocean tugboats. She was in service with the U.S. Navy from 1979 to 1999, and then was leased to a private towing and salvage company. At the end of the lease in 2008, the ship was sold to the Turkish Navy which recommissioned her as TCG Inebolu.