USS Bannock
Bannock in 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Bannock |
| Namesake | Bannock (tribe) |
| Launched | 7 January 1943 |
| Commissioned | 28 June 1943 |
| Recommissioned | 11 September 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 25 November 1955 |
| Reclassified | Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-81), 15 May 1944 |
| Honours & awards | two battle stars World War II |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, late 1950s |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cherokee-class fleet tug |
| Displacement | 1,646 tons |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, four General Motors 12-278A main diesel engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw, 3,600 shp (2,700 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement | 8 Officers, 68 Enlisted |
| Armament | one single 3 in (76 mm)/50 gun mount, two twin 40 mm gun mounts, two single 20 mm guns |
USS Bannock (AT-81/ATF-81) was an ocean-going tug launched 7 January 1943 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, SC, sponsored by Mrs. Katherine Carswell, widow of Chief Petty Officer Carswell. She was commissioned 28 June 1943 and reported to the Atlantic Fleet. The ship was named for the Bannock Indian tribe in southern Idaho.