USS Nipmuc
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![]() USS Nipmuc, c. 1948
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History | |
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Name | Nipmuc |
Namesake | Nipmuc people |
Builder | Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. |
Laid down | 2 December 1944 |
Launched | unknown |
Commissioned | 8 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | unknown |
Stricken | 1 September 1978 |
Fate | Sold, to Venezuela under the Security Assistance Program, 1 September 1978 |
Status | Was still operation in 2003 as Contralmirante Miguel Rodriguez |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
Displacement | 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | Pacific Fleet |
Operations: | World War II |
USS Nipmuc (ATF-157) was an Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tug that served in World War II. Not much is known about her service with the US Navy and she was sold to Venezuela in 1978.[1][2]
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