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{{short description|Tugboat of the United States Navy}}
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name= USS ''Cusabo''
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|Ship builder=Charleston Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
|Ship laid down=16 September 1944
|Ship launched= 26 February 1945
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|Ship commissioned= 19 May 1945
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|Ship fate= Transferred to Ecuador, stricken 1999
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|Ship class= ''Achomawi'' class fleet ocean tug
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|Ship length= {{convert|205|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship beam= {{convert|38|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*[[Diesel-electric]]
*4 × [[General Motors]] 12-278A diesel main engines driving 4 × [[General Electric]] generators and 3 × General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw
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|Ship complement=8 officers, 68 enlisted men
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'''USS ''Cusabo'' (ATF-155)''' was an ''Achomawi'' class fleet ocean tug built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

''Cusabo'' was laid down 16 September 1945 by the Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of [[Charleston, South Carolina]]; launched on 26 February 1945; sponsored by Mrs. T.C. Reed; and commissioned at [[Charleston Navy Yard]] on 19 May 1945.

==Service history==
Departing Charleston 30 May 1945, ''Cusabo'' sailed to [[Norfolk, Virginia]] for training in [[Chesapeake Bay]] until 25 June when she departed for [[Newport, Rhode Island]]. Picking up tows there and at [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], she departed Newport on 4 July for [[San Diego, California]] arriving 27 August. She was underway again on 5 September, sailing to [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Eniwetok]], [[Guam]], and [[San Pedro Bay, Leyte]] on towing duty, returning to Guam with [[IX-149]] in tow. ''Cusabo'' remained in the [[Far East]] on towing and salvage duty at Guam, [[Saipan]], [[Iwo Jima]], and Eniwetok until 10 March 1946 when she proceeded to [[Bremerton, Washington]] for pre-inactivation availability and overhaul, arriving 11 May. She was placed out of commission, in reserve, in the [[Columbia River]] on 3 December 1946.

In 1962, ''Cusabo'' was removed from the Columbia River Reserve Fleet and loaned to the government of [[Ecuador]], where she was returned to service as BAE ''Los Rios'' (RA-01). Later renamed BAE ''Cayambe'', the ship was permanently transferred (cash sale) to Ecuador under the [[Security Assistance Program]] on 1 August 1978. The vessel continued to serve in the [[Ecuadorian Navy]] until decommissioned in 1999. The final disposition of the ship is not known.

==References==
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* {{cite web|title=''Cusabo''|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/atf155.htm|access-date=4 July 2011}}
* {{cite web|title=ATF-155 ''Cusabo''|work=Auxiliary Photo Archive
|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/39/39155.htm|access-date=4 July 2011}}

{{Abnaki class fleet ocean tug}}

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[[Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States]]
[[Category:1944 ships]]
[[Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Ecuadorian Navy]]
[[Category:Abnaki-class tugs]]
[[Category:Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina]]