TR52

ATR 52

ATR 52  ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug; Laid down (date and place unknown); Launched, (5-5-1944); Commissioned USS ATR-52, (1944); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final dispostion, fate unknown.  Specifications: Displacement 852 t.(lt) 1,360 t.(fl); Length 165'6"; Beam 33'4"; Draft 15'6"; Speed 12kts; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two single 20mm gun mounts; Complement 32; Propulsion triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines, single screw, 1,600 hp (Contributed By Bill Mozingo)
ATR 52 San Francisco Bay (Circa August 14, 1944) (Contributed By Bill Mozingo)

NAFTS, National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors