Chilean tugboat Janequeo

For other ships with the same name, see Chilean ship Janequeo.

The Chilean tugboat Janequeo (ATF-65) was an Abnaki-class tug 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

Sister ship USS Abnaki (right), alongside a Soviet trawler
History
United States
Name	Potawatomi
Laid down	19 October 1942
Launched	3 April 1943
Commissioned	12 February 1944
Decommissioned	28 April 1948
Reclassified	Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-109), 15 May 1944
Fate	Sold to Chile
Chile
Name	Janequeo
Commissioned	February 1963
Fate	Sunk in Caleta Manquemapu, 60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi) south of Corral, Chile, with loss of 51 men
General characteristics
Class & type	Abnaki-class tug
Displacement	1,240 t.(lt) 1,675 t.(fl)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 4 × 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)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	85
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

See also

• Sinking of Janequeo and Leucotón