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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. 
The list is in chronological order.
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Tuscarora Class Fleet Tug<br/>
Keel Laid 1940<br/>
Acquired U.S. Navy January 1941<br/>
Launched 17 July 1941<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TUSCARORA AT-77'''</li>
Commissioned 13 December 1941<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TUSCARORA YT-341'''</li>
Reclassified Harbor Tug (YT) 5 November 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TUSCARORA YTB-341'''</li>
Redesignated Large Harbor tug (YTB) 15 May 1944<br/>
Decommissioned November 1953<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TUSCARORA ATA-245'''</li>
Redesignated Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) November 1958<br/><br/>
Custody assigned to MARAD, 8 March 1961<br/>
Struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1961<br/>
Permanent transfer to MARAD, 1 September 1962<br/>
Permanent transfer to US Navy 30 July 1975 for equipment removal and sale<br/>
Sold for scrapping by DRMS 1 October 1976
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li><!-- [[TUSCARORA_ATA_245_Covers_Page_1 | -->USS Tuscarora ATA-245 Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
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1945-08-02
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YTB-341.  No. 10 Official Business mail. Postmark is probably from a shore station.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS TUSCARORA earned the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A mountain range in south-central Pennsylvania. The name, Iroquois in derivation, means "hemp gatherers."<br/><br/>
Two ships of the US Navy have borne the TUSCARORA - USS Tuscarora (1861 Screw Sloop) and USS Tuscarora ATA-245.
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