THIS IS A GREAT ACTION OFFICIAL UNTIED STATES NAVY ARCHIVE PHOTO THAT IS MARKED ON THE BACK WITH THE RELEASE DATE OF 1952 AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHIP.. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN COPIES OF THIS ONE BUT THIS IS THE REAL DEAL. USN#1104988. THE SCAN YOU SEE IS UNALTERED IN ANY WAY AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH. THE SIZE OF THE USN DISPLAY IS 8"X10" IN SIZE AND IT WOULD BE EASILY FRAMED FOR DISPLAY.
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USS Allegheny (ATA-179) was a
Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug launched in 1944 and serving until 1968. She underwent conversion to a research vessel in 1952.
The unnamed single-screw ocean-going tug ATA-179 (originally projected
as the rescue tug, ATR-106) was laid down on 22 May 1944 at
Orange, Texas,
by the Levingston Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 30 June 1944; and
commissioned on 22 September 1944, Lt. (jg.) Thomas C. McLaren, USNR,
in command.
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