&sq=&lang=&file=File:ROCN_ATF-555_right_side_and_Keelung_Customs_Building_20190928_night.jpg) Former USS Narragansett, ROCS Ta Feng at Keelung harbor, 28 September 2019
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Narragansett |
| Builder | Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 543 |
| Laid down | 31 January 1942 |
| Launched | 8 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | 15 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 21 December 1946 |
| Reclassified | ATF-88, 15 May 1944 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1961 |
| Identification | AT-88 |
| Honors and awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold to Republic of China, 20 June 1991 |
 Taiwan | |
| Name | ROCS Ta Feng |
| Acquired | 20 June 1991 |
| Decommissioned | 1 Oct 2021 |
| Identification | ATF-555 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 15 August 2023. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Navajo-class fleet tug |
| Displacement | 1,235 long tons (1,255 t) |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
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USS Narragansett (AT-88) was a Navajo-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned." She served in the Atlantic Ocean and, at war’s end, returned home with three battle stars to her credit.
The fourth Narragansett to be so named by the U.S. Navy, AT-88 was laid down on 31 January 1942 by the Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia; launched on 8 August 1942, sponsored by Miss Lois Kinehen Hill, and commissioned on 15 January 1943.