ALLEGHENY ATA 179

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug Originally projected as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-106 Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-179) 15 May 1944 Keel Laid 22 May 1944 - Launched 30 June 1944 USS ATA-179 Commissioned 22 September 1944 - Decommissioned 10 October 1947 Named ALLEGHENY 16 July 1948 while in reserve USS ALLEGHENY USS ATA-179 Recommissioned 25 July 1949 - Decommissioned 14 December 1968 Struck from the Naval Register 14 December 1968 School Ship and Merchant Service Transferred 1969 to Northwestern Michigan College Traverse City, MI. for use as a training vessel Sank at her berth at Northwestern Michigan College, 9 April 1970, raised shortly thereafter Sold in 1972 to Great Lakes Maritime Academy, renamed ALLEGHENY Capsized sank at her berth at Traverse City, MI, 28 January 1978, in high winds and heavy snows Sold in 1978 to Keith E. Malcolm of St. Clair, MI., renamed Tug Malcolm Sold in 1999 to Beyel Cocoa Port Canaveral, FL., renamed Matthew Beyel Current Disposition, active in commercial service at Guayanilla Bay, PR, for EcoElectrica, assisting LNG carriers

Naval Covers

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1. USS Allegheny ATA-179 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd CommissioningJuly 25 1949 to December 14 1968

 

Locy Type 2(n) USS Maury AGS 16

1952-04-11

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Other Information

USS ALLEGHENY earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippines Liberation Medal (2 awards) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river which rises in Potter County, Pa., and flows northwestward into southwestern New York before turning south to reenter Pennsylvania in Warren County. The stream then meanders southward through western Pennsylvania until joining the Monongahela at Pittsburg to form the Ohio. The word Allegheny is derived from the Delaware Indian name for the Allegheny and the Ohio Rivers.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name ALLEGHENY - USS Allegheny (1847 Steamer), USS Allegheny ATO-19 and USS Allegheny ATA-179.

 

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