 USS Cocopa (ATF-101) at Sasebo, Japan, likely 1969 or 1972.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Cocopa |
| Builder | Charleston Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Charleston, SC |
| Launched | 5 October 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Z. Williams |
| Commissioned | 25 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1978 |
| Stricken | 30 September 1978 |
| Identification | ATF-101 |
| Motto | Service - Salvage - First and Finest |
| Honors and awards |
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| Fate | Sold to Mexico, 30 September 1978 |
 Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Seri |
| Acquired | 30 September 1978 |
| Identification | RE-03 |
| Status | In active service as of 2017 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug |
| Displacement | 1,240 long tons of standard displacement |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
| Draft | 15.33 ft (4.67 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, single screw, 3,600 shp (2,685 kW) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Radar |
| Armament |
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USS Cocopa (ATF-101) was an Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug that served on active duty with the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1978, seeing action in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. After thirty-four years of service, she was sold to the Mexican Navy, where she was still in service as of 2009.[1]