USS Sioux (AT-75)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sioux.
USS Sioux (AT-75) was a Navajo-class fleet tug of the United States Navy that saw service during World War II, and in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.[2]
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sioux |
Builder | United Engineering Co., San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 14 February 1942 |
Launched | 27 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 6 December 1942 |
Decommissioned | 23 April 1947 |
Recommissioned | 15 October 1952 |
Decommissioned | 15 August 1973 |
Stricken | 15 August 1973 |
Honors and awards |
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Fate | Transferred to Turkey, 15 August 1973 |
Turkey | |
Name | TCG Gazal (A-587) |
Acquired | 15 August 1973 |
Decommissioned | December 2017 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk as a Target Ship on 27.12.2023 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Navajo-class fleet tug |
Displacement | 1,500 long tons (1,524 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 80 |
Armament | 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun |
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