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Chilean tugboat Janequeo

Coordinates: 40°53′29.24″S 73°51′1.59″W / 40.8914556°S 73.8504417°W / -40.8914556; -73.8504417 (Janequeo (ATF-65))
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USS Abnaki
Sister ship USS Abnaki (right), alongside a Soviet trawler
History
United States
NamePotawatomi
Laid down19 October 1942
Launched3 April 1943
Commissioned12 February 1944
Decommissioned28 April 1948
ReclassifiedFleet Ocean Tug (ATF-109), 15 May 1944
FateSold to Chile
Chile
NameJanequeo
CommissionedFebruary 1963
FateSunk in Caleta Manquemapu, 60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi) south of Corral, Chile, with loss of 51 men
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement1,240 t.(lt) 1,675 t.(fl)
Length205 ft (62 m)
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
PropulsionDiesel-electric 4 x 750 hp (560 kW) Busch-Sulzer BS-539 diesel main engines driving four General Electric main drive generators and two 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) pulsation motors

three Diesel-drive General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines driving three Ship's Service Generators two 200 kW 120 V/240 V DC one 100 kW 120 V/240 V DC

single propeller, 3,000 shp (2,200 kW)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement85
Armament
  • 1 × single 3 in (76 mm) cal. dual purpose gun mount
  • 2 × single 40 mm AA gun mounts
  • 2 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts

The Chilean tugboat Janequeo (ATF-65) was an Template:Sclass- of the Chilean Navy that sunk on 15 August 1965 during a devastating storm in the Bay of Manquemapu, 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) south of Corral, Chile with the loss of 51 men as she helped Leucotón that had run aground.

Bahía San Pedro, located at 40°53′29.24″S 73°51′1.59″W / 40.8914556°S 73.8504417°W / -40.8914556; -73.8504417 (Janequeo (ATF-65))

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