USS Cahuilla

History
United States
NameUSS Cahuilla
NamesakeCahuilla Native American people
BuilderCharleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Laid downas Cahuilla (AT-152)
Launched2 November 1944
Commissioned10 March 1945
Decommissioned27 June 1947
ReclassifiedFleet Ocean Tug (ATF-152), 15 May 1944
Stricken9 July 1961
FateTransferred under the Security Assistance Program to Argentina, 9 July 1961
History
Argentina
NameARA Comandante General Irigoyen (A-1)
Acquired9 July 1961
Out of service2009
FateMuseum ship
General characteristics
Class and typeAbnaki class fleet tug
Displacement
  • 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) light
  • 1,646 long tons (1,672 t) full
Length205 ft (62 m)
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)
Propulsion4 × General Motors 12-278A Diesel-electric engines, 3,000 hp (2,237 kW), single screw
Speed16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement85
Armament

USS Cahuilla (ATF-152) was an Abnaki class fleet tug in the service of the United States Navy during World War II. In 1961 she was sold to the Argentine Navy as ARA Irigoyen (A-1) where she served until 2009 when she became a Museum ship.