USS Challenge (ATA-201)

History
United States
Name	USS Challenge
Ordered	as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-128, redesignated Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-201, 15 May 1944
Builder	Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, Texas
Laid down	3 August 1944
Launched	23 September 1944
Acquired	22 November 1944
Commissioned	15 September 1944
Decommissioned	23 December 1947
Renamed	Challenge (ATA-201), 16 July 1948
Stricken	1 September 1962
Identification	IMO number: 8424135 MMSI number: 334632000 Callsign: HQWZ9
Status	In service as Saje Commander
General characteristics
Class and type	Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug
Displacement	610 long tons (620 t) light 860 long tons (874 t) full
Length	143 ft (44 m)
Beam	34 ft (10 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric engines, single screw
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	7 officers, 42 enlisted men
Armament	1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × twin 40 mm AA gun mounts

USS Challenge (ATA-201) was a Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug acquired by the United States Navy for service during and after World War II.

Challenge was planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-128 and was reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-201, 15 May 1944. She was laid down on 3 August 1944 at Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, Texas, launched on 23 September 1944, delivered to the Navy on 22 November 1944, commissioned as USS ATA-201 on 15 September 1944.