History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Keosanqua |
Ordered | as Rescue Ocean Tug, ATR-125 |
Builder | Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas |
Launched | 17 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 19 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 25 May 1956 |
Renamed | USS Keosanqua (ATA-198), 16 July 1948 |
Reclassified | ATA-198, Auxiliary Fleet Tug, 15 May 1944 |
Stricken | 1 May 1961 |
Honours and awards | 2 battle stars (South Korea) |
Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 1 February 1962 |
South Korea | |
Name | ROKS Yong Mun (ATA-2) |
Acquired | 1 February 1962 |
Fate | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Maricopa-class auxiliary fleet tug |
Displacement | 534 long tons (543 t) |
Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 13 ft (4 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric engines, single screw |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 5 officers, 42 enlisted |
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USS Keosanqua (ATA-198) was a Maricopa-class auxiliary fleet tug of the United States Navy. The ship was authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-125, and redesignated Auxiliary Fleet Tug USS ATA-198 on 15 May 1944. The ship was laid down at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas, launched on 17 January 1945, and commissioned on 19 March 1945. She was named Keosanqua (ATA-198) on 16 July 1948.