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U.S.S. MAHOPAC

(ATA-196)


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ATA-196 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1944-Keel Date: 24 NOV 1944
at Levingston Shipbuilding Co. Orange TX
DEC1944-Launch Date: 21 DEC 1944
MAR1945-Commissioned: 6 MAR 1945
APR1957-DEC1960West Pac
JAN1965-JAN1970West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1965-OCT1995Dry Dock
OCT1966-NOV1966West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1968-Shellback Initiation - 9 MAY 1968 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1968-AUG1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1969-JAN1969West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1969-Shellback Initiation - 19 APR 1969 - Pacific Ocean

ATA-196 General Specifications

Class: Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug

Complement: 45 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 534 tons

Length: 143 feet

Beam: 33 feet

Draft: 13 feet

Final Disposition: Sold to Taiwan under the Security Assistance Program (SAP) 1 May 1976 renamed Ta Peng (ATA-549)