History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Seneca |
Builder | Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia |
Yard number | 546 |
Laid down | 7 September 1942 |
Launched | 2 February 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | July 1971 |
Reclassified | ATF-91, 15 May 1944 |
Stricken | 30 October 1985 |
Fate | Disposed of as a target, 21 July 2003 |
Notes | Served as floating laboratory space at the Annapolis, Maryland, site of the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Navajo-class fleet tug |
Displacement | 1,235 long tons (1,255 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
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USS Seneca (AT-91) was a Navajo-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned." She served in the Atlantic Ocean performing various tasks.
Seneca was laid down at Philadelphia on 7 September 1942 by the Cramp Shipbuilding Co. and launched on 2 February 1943. The vessel was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 30 April 1943.