Allied Warships

USS Acushnet (AT 63)

Fleet tug

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFleet tug
Class 
PennantAT 63 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched16 May 1908 
Commissioned1 Sep 1936 
End service14 Dec 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Displacement: 860 BRT
Length: 152 feet
Complement: 38
Speed: 12.5 kts

Redesignated fleet tug old ATO-63 on 17 July 1944
Decommissioned on 14 December 1945
Stricken on 8 January 1946

 

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Noteable events involving Acushnet include:


31 Mar 1942
USS Acushnet picks up 29 survivors of the American passenger ship City of New York that was torpedoed and sunk on 29 March 1943 by the German submarine U-160 40 miles east of Cape Hatteras in position 35.16N, 74.25W.

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