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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Paloverde |
| Namesake | paloverde tree |
| Builder | Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, Maine |
| Laid down | 19 July 1943 |
| Launched | 2 September 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Patricia Adams |
| Commissioned | 17 December 1944 as USS ATA-215 |
| Decommissioned | March 1946 |
| Reclassified | net laying ship (AN-65), 20 January 1944; auxiliary fleet tug (ATA-215), 15 May 1944 |
| Stricken | December 1948 |
| Fate | Sunk off Newfoundland, 15 April 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | ATA-214-class tug |
| Displacement | 1,275 tons |
| Length | 194 ft 6 in (59.28 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 7 in (10.54 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric engines, single screw |
| Speed | 12.1 knots |
| Complement | 57 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | Two 40 mm gun mounts |
USS ATA-215 was an ATA-214-class tug of the United States Navy built near the end of World War II. Originally laid down as Paloverde (YN-86), a net tender of the Ailanthus class, she was redesignated as AN-65, a net layer, before launch. Before completion, the name Paloverde was cancelled and the ship was named ATA-215, an unnamed auxiliary ocean tug. Post-war she was assigned to the Finn Ronne Antarctic Expedition where she became stuck in the ice for 12 months before returning to the United States for decommissioning.