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USNS Mohawk (T ATF 170)

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Name
  
USNS Mohawk

In service
  
16 October 1980

Construction started
  
22 March 1979

Length
  
69 m

Displacement
  
2.05 million kg

Builder
  
Marinette Marine

Laid down
  
22 March 1979

Out of service
  
15 August 2005

Launched
  
5 April 1980

Weight
  
2,296 tons

Draft
  
4.6 m

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Namesake
  
The Mohawk, a Native American people of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada

Status
  
In Inactive Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170) is a Powhatan-class fleet ocean tug owned by the United States Navy and was in service from 1980 to 2005 with the Military Sealift Command before being placed in reserve during 2005.

Mohawk was laid down on 23 March 1979 by the Marinette Marine Corporation at Marinette, Wisconsin. Launched on 5 April 1980, and delivered to the U.S. Navy on 16 October 1980, Mohawk was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), and placed in non-commissioned service as USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170) in 1980.

Mohawk is equipped with a 10-long-ton (10 t) capacity crane and a bollard pull of at least 54 long tons (55 t). A deck grid was fitted aft which contained 1-inch (25 mm) bolt receptacles spaced 24 inches (610 mm) apart. That allowed for the bolting down of a wide variety of portable equipment. There are two GPH fire pumps supplying three fire monitors with up to 2,200 US gallons of foam per minute (0.14 m3/s). A deep module can be embarked to support naval salvage teams.

Mohawk was taken out of service on 16 August 2005 and placed in reserve in the Inactive Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

References

USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170) Wikipedia