USS Salinan

Salinan underway during the late 1960s or early 1970s
History
United States
Name	USS Salinan
Builder	Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Laid down	13 April 1945
Launched	20 July 1945
Commissioned	9 November 1945
Decommissioned	1 September 1978
Fate	Sold under the Security Assistance Program to Venezuela, 1 September 1978
Venezuela
Name	Contralmirante Miguel Rodriguez
Acquired	1 September 1978
Decommissioned	2003
General characteristics
Class and type	Abnaki-class tug
Displacement	1,205 long tons (1,224 t) light 1,646 long tons (1,672 t) full
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	38 ft 7 in (11.76 m)
Draft	16 ft 9 in (5.11 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 4 × General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving 4 × General Electric generators and 3 × General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw
Speed	16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement	8 officers, 68 enlisted men
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun (1945-1977) 2 × 40 mm guns (1945-1952) 2 × 20 mm guns (1945-1952)

USS Salinan (ATF-161) was an Abnaki-class tug built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after the Salinan peoples (native inhabitants of what is now the Central Coast of California, in the Salinas Valley), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

Salinan was laid down on 13 April 1945 by the Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Charleston, South Carolina; launched on 20 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Lillie E. Hilton; and commissioned on 9 November 1945.