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.

USS Salinan (ATF-161) underway, circa 1968. The original caption reads: " Salinan (ATF-161) underway, displaying the array of heavy towing and lifting gear which forms her 'main battery'. The basic mission of seagoing tugs such as Salinan is to salvage and tow other ships of the fleet that have been damaged in battle or by weather.

2015年9月2日 · Assigned to Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, and attached initially to Service Squadron 1 (ServRon 1), Salinan completed shakedown in Chesapeake Bay early in the new year, 1946. Then she conducted...

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USS Salinan, a 1330-ton Abnaki class fleet tug, was built at Charleston, South Carolina. Commissioned in November 1945, a few months after the end of World War II, she served in the Atlantic Fleet area for her entire career.

USS Salinan (ATF-161) was an Abnaki-class tug built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after the Salinan peoples, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

SALINAN (ATF 161) (ex - AT 161) FLEET OCEAN TUG VESSEL STATUS: Class: ATF 148: UIC: 07161: Status: Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned: Fleet: Date status Changed: 09/01/1978: Homeport: Maintenance Category: Berth:

Assigned to Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, and attached initially to Service Squadron 1 ( ServRon 1), Salinan completed shakedown in Chesapeake Bay early in the new year, 1946. Then she conducted several towing assignments along the mid-Atlantic and southeastern coasts of …

USS SALINAN earned four (4) Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbons, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, two (2) National Defense Service Medals and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal during her Naval career.

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