USS Tekesta (AT-93)

History
United States
Name	USS Tekesta
Namesake	Tekesta
Builder	Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	7 September 1942
Launched	20 March 1943
Commissioned	16 August 1943
Decommissioned	14 April 1950
Reclassified	ATF-93, 16 May 1944
Stricken	25 June 1992
Honors and awards	4 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred (leased) to Chile, May 1960
History
Chile
Name	Yelcho (AGS-64)
Acquired	May 1960
Decommissioned	16 August 1996
Fate	Sunk as a target 5 July 1999
General characteristics
Class and type	Navajo-class fleet tug
Displacement	1,235 long tons (1,255 t) light 1,674 long tons (1,701 t) full
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 4 × General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving 4 × General Electric generators and 3 × General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines 1 screw 3,600 shp (2,685 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts 2 × single 20 mm guns

USS Tekesta (AT-93) was Navajo-class fleet tug built during World War II for the United States Navy. Shortly after being built, it was crewed by trained Navy personnel and sent into the Pacific Ocean to provide tug service to damaged ships in battle areas. For successfully performing this dangerous work, she was awarded four battle stars by the war's end.

She was laid down at Portland, Oregon, on 7 September 1942 by the Commercial Iron Works; launched on 20 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. P. S. Treiber; and commissioned on 16 August 1943.