USS Menominee (AT-73)

Tugboat of the United States Navy

For other ships with the same name, see Menominee (YTB-790) and Menominee (YT-807).

USS Menominee (AT-73) in San Francisco Bay, 30 September 1942.

History
United States
Name| USS Menominee
Namesake| Menominee
Builder| United Engineering Co.
Laid down| 27 September 1941
Launched| 14 February 1942
Commissioned| 25 September 1942
Decommissioned| 15 November 1946
Reclassified| Fleet ocean tug ATF-73, 15 May 1944
Stricken| 1 November 1959
Identification|

* Hull symbol: AT-73
* Code letters: NUMO[1]

Honors and
awards| 5 × battle stars for World War II
Fate| Transferred to Indonesia, renamed Rakata (928)
Indonesia
Name| KRI Rakata
Namesake| Rakata
Acquired| 26 January 1961
Identification|

* Pennant number: 928 (1961)
* Pennant number: 922 (1980s)

Fate| Sunk as target 2004
General characteristics
Class and type| Navajo-class fleet tug
Displacement| 1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length| 205 ft (62 m)
Beam| 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft| 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion|

* Diesel-electric
* four General Motors 12-278 diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines
* single screw
* 3,000 shp (2,237 kW)

Speed| 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement|

* 86 (initial)
* 67 (as of 1989)

Sensors and
processing systems|

* as of 1989
* AN/SPS-5B surface-search radar
* G/H band
* as of 2004
* Racal-Decca surface-search radar
* I band

Armament|

* as built
* 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
* 2 × single 40 mm AA guns
* 2 × single 20 mm AA guns
* as KRI Rakata
* 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
* 2 × single 40 mm AA guns
* 2 × twin 25 mm AA guns

USS Menominee (AT-73) was a Navajo-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II.[1] Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned." During World War II she was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater where she participated in four campaigns earning four battle stars.

## Description

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Menominee was laid down 27 September 1941, at United Engineering Co. in San Francisco and launched on 14 February 1942. She was commissioned 25 September 1942.[1]

## Decommission and sale

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After the war, Menominee sailed for home. In Portland on 15 November 1946, she was decommissioned and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was struck from the Naval Register 1 November 1959, and transferred to Indonesia on 26 January 1961 as part of the Military Assistance Program. She served in Indonesia as Rakata (928). While in Indonesian service, the Oerlikon 20 mm cannons located in bridge wings were replaced with 2M-3 twin 25 mm cannons of Soviet origin.[2] In the 1980s, her pennant number were changed to 922.[3] As of 2004, the ship was mostly used as patrol ship.[4] Rakata was sunk as target by KRI Nanggala (402) in a joint exercise in Indian Ocean between 8 April and 2 May 2004.[5][6]

## Citations

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

1. ^ a b c "USS Menominee". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
2. ^ Moore 1979, p. 252
3. ^ Sharpe 1989, p. 273
4. ^ Saunders 2004, p. 338
5. ^ "KRI Nanggala-402, Submarine Purchased 1982 From Germany, Most Senior In Indonesian Navy". voi.id. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
6. ^ "Mengenal KRI Nanggala 402, kapal selam tangguh andalan TNI AL". merdeka.com (in Indonesian). 10 December 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

## References

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* Moore, Capt. John (1979). Jane's Fighting Ships 1979-80. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0354005876.
* Sharpe, Capt. Richard (1989). Jane's Fighting Ships 1989-90. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710608864.
* Saunders, Cdre. Stephen (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710626233.

## External links

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* Photo gallery of USS Menominee (AT-73/ATF-73) at NavSource Naval History
* KRI Rakata 922: Tugboat with a Long History Track (in Indonesian)

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Other operators

United States Coast Guard|

* Ute
* Lipan
* Cherokee
* Tamaroa (ex-Zuni)

Argentine Navy|

* Comandante General Zapiola (ex-Arapaho)

Chilean Navy|

* Yelcho (ex-Tekesta)

Republic of China Navy|

* Ta Wan (ex-Apache)
* Ta Han (ex-Hopi)
* Ta Tung (ex-Chickasaw)
* Ta Feng (ex-Narragansett)

Colombian National Navy|

* Pedro de Heredia (ex-Choctaw)
* Sebastián de Belalcázar (ex-Carib)

Dominican Navy|

* Macorix (ex-Kiowa)

Indonesian Navy|

* Rakata (ex-Menominee)

Italian Coast Guard|

* Bannock

Pakistan Navy|

* Madadgar (ex-Yuma)

Peruvian Navy|

* Guardian Rios (ex-Pinto)

Turkish Navy|

* Gazal (ex-Sioux)

* Preceded by: USS Acushnet
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