Editing Template:USS Jicarilla

{{short description|Abnaki-class tugboat}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=File:80-G-396330 USS NEVADA (BB-36).jpg
|Ship caption=  USS ''Jicarilla'' towing [[USS Nevada (BB-36)|Nevada]], 1948
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{{Infobox ship career
|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|naval}}
|Ship name= ''Jicarilla''
|Ship namesake= [[Jicarilla Apache]]  
|Ship ordered= 
|Ship sponsor=Mrs. R. L. Harley
|Ship builder=[[Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.]]
|Ship laid down=25 August 1943
|Ship launched=25 February 1944
|Ship christened=
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned= 26 June 1944
|Ship decommissioned= 14 June 1950
|Ship reclassified= 
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{{Infobox ship career
|Hide header=yes
|Ship namesake= 
|Ship fate=Sold to Colombia, 1979
|Ship stricken= 1 July 1963
|Ship homeport=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=[[#Awards|''See Awards'']]
|Ship identification=*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NWVU
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Whiskey}}{{ICS|Victor}}{{ICS|Uniform}}
*[[Hull number]]: ATF-104
}}
{{Infobox ship career
|Ship country=Colombia
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Colombia|naval}}
|Ship name= ''Sebastián De Belalcázar''
|Ship namesake= [[Sebastián de Belalcázar|Sebastián De Belalcázar]]  
|Ship acquired= 1 March 1979
|Ship commissioned= 
|Ship decommissioned= 2004
|Ship identification= [[Pennant number]]: RM-73
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{{Infobox ship career
|Hide header=yes
|Ship namesake= 
|Ship homeport= [[Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca|Buenaventura]]
|Ship reclassified= 
|Ship fate=Sunk as [[artificial reef]], 2 September 2004
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class={{sclass|Abnaki|tugboat}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1,589|t|LT|0|abbr=on}}, standard
*{{convert|1,675|t|LT|0|abbr=on}}, full
|Ship length={{convert|205|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship beam={{convert|38|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship height=
|Ship draft={{convert|15|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship depth=
|Ship hold depth=
|Ship propulsion=*4 × [[General Motors]] 12-278A [[diesel engine]]s
*4 × [[General Electric]] generators
*3 × General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines
|Ship power=*1 × [[Propeller|shaft]]
*{{convert|3,600|shp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|15,000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn}}
|Ship complement=85 officers and enlisted
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*1 × single [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|3"/50 caliber gun]]
*2 × twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm gun]]s
*2 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]s
}}
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'''USS ''Jicarilla'' (ATF-104)''' was {{sclass|Abnaki|tugboat}} during the [[World War II]]. The ship was later sold to [[Colombia]] as '''ARC ''Sebastián De Belalcázar'' (RM-73)'''. Her namesake is a group of the [[Apache tribe]] found in the [[southwestern United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jicarilla|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/j/jicarilla.html|access-date=2022-02-02|website=NHHC|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Design and description==
{{Main|Abnaki-class tugboat}}

The ship is displaced {{convert|1589|t|LT}} at [[Displacement (ship)|standard]] load and {{convert|1675|t|LT}} at [[deep load]] The ships measured {{convert|205|ft|m|1}} [[length overall|long overall]] with a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|38|ft|6|in|m|1}}. They had a [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|15|ft|4|in|m|1}}. The ships' complement consisted of 85 officers and [[naval rating|ratings]].

The ships had two [[General Motors]] 12-278A [[diesel engine]]s, one shaft. The engines produced a total of {{convert|3600|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}}. They carried a maximum of {{convert|10|t|LT|0}} of [[fuel oil]] that gave them a range of {{convert|15,000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn}}.

The ''Abnaki'' class was armed with a [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|3"/50 caliber gun]] [[anti-aircraft gun]], two single-mount [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]] and two twin-gun mounts for [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm gun]].

==Construction and career==
The ship was built at the [[Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.]] at [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]. She was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 25 August 1943 and [[Launched (ship)|launched]] on 25 February 1944. The ship was [[Commissioned (ship)|commissioned]] on 26 June 1944. She was reclassified ATF-104 on 15 May 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fleet Tug (ATF)|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/39/39104.htm|access-date=2022-02-02|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>

=== Service in the United States Navy ===
Following [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] in [[Chesapeake Bay]], ''Jicarilla'' departed [[New York City|New York]] towing barges 9 August 1944, bound for [[San Francisco]] via the [[Panama Canal]]. She arrived 22 September, but sailed again seven days later towing ''[[USS ARD-21|ARD-21]]'' to [[Pearl Harbor]]. The tug remained in Hawaiian waters until November doing salvage and towing work, including the difficult task of pulling [[SS Antigua|SS ''Antigua'']] off a reef from 14 to 21 October. Departing Pearl Harbor on 7 November, she towed barges of supplies to advance bases at [[Enewetak Atoll|Eniwetok]] and [[Ulithi]], arriving the latter island on 3 December.

With the campaign to recapture the Philippines well underway, ''Jicarilla'' sailed on 10 December as part of the refueling group for [[Task Force 38]], the fast carrier group then supporting the [[Philippines campaign (1944–1945)|Philippines operation]]. Refueling began early on 17 December but had to be broken off as weather worsened. Anxious to top off his destroyers and support the [[Battle of Mindoro|Mindoro operation]]. [[William Halsey Jr.|Admiral Halsey]] continued attempts to refuel until the next morning, when ''Jicarilla'' and the rest of the fueling group turned south. The fleet tug rode out the [[typhoon]] and returned to Ulithi oni 22 December, but the great storm sank three gallant destroyers, two of them from ''Jicarilla's'' group. Undaunted, the fast carrier force resumed its punishing attacks on the Philippines.

''Jicarilla'' arrived at [[Leyte]] on 7 January to support the next [[Invasion of Lingayen Gulf|amphibious operation at Lingayen Gulf]]. She sailed on 9 January with a convoy of [[Landing Craft Infantry|LCI's]] and [[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]]'s; despite numerous air attacks by the Japanese, she arrived at [[Mangarin Bay]] 2 days later. The tug remained there until 22 January performing salvage and firefighting duties on the many damaged and beached [[landing craft]]. She arrived Ulithi on 27 January. After towing voyages between Ulithi and [[Mariana Islands|the Marianas]], ''Jicarilla'' sailed from Ulithi on 9 April pulling a much-needed [[floating drydock]] to [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]].

The veteran tug arrived at [[Kerama Islands|Kerama Retto]], repair base for the [[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa operation]], 16 April, and remained there to perform salvage work on ships damaged in the desperate [[Kamikaze|kamikaze attacks]]. She sailed on 20 April with ''[[USS Idaho (BB-42)|Idaho]],'' arrived at [[Guam]] on 25 April, and from there returned to Ulithi on 30 April. After towing work at the advance base, she sailed for Leyte on 19 May and arrived Okinawa again on 13 June. As the struggle for the island continued, she worked directly off the [[Hagushi|Hagushi beaches]], towing landing craft and performing salvage work. Thus, she contributed importantly to the eventual victory by helping to keep the massive fleet afloat and operating.

''Jicarilla'' remained at Okinawa until departing for [[Wakayama (city)|Wakayama]], [[Japan]], 21 September. Four days later she arrived, and performed towing duties in connection with the occupation operations until returning to Okinawa on 14 October. After a voyage to Guam, the ship steamed to Iwo Jima on 4 December to salvage the ''[[USS Bellona|ARL-32]].'' In the months that followed, she was engaged in towing and salvage in the [[Marshall Islands|Marshalls]] and [[Caroline Islands|Carolines]], arriving Pearl Harbor on 24 April 1946.

''Jicarilla'' spent the summer of 1946 in the Marshall Islands in support of [[Operation Crossroads]], the history-making atomic test series in the Pacific. Returning to the United States on 14 September, she performed towing duties on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] and at the [[Panama Canal Zone|Canal Zone]] until 23 January 1947, when she sailed again for the [[Far East]] from [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The ship operated out of Pearl Harbor until May, sailing on the 14th to Guam. ''Jicarilla'' arrived [[Qingdao]], [[China]], 17 June for towing and salvage work in connection with the [[United States Marine Corps|American Marines]] ashore. In the months that followed, she continued to steam between American Pacific bases and China. After a month at Pearl Harbor, she returned to [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] on 18 February 1948. On 26 July, ''Jicarilla'' towed the former [[USS Nevada (BB-36)|battleship ''Nevada'']] out to sea to be sunk as a target.

The ocean tug conducted operations on the Pacific coast and out of Pearl Harbor until arriving [[Yokosuka]] on 25 January 1949. She again supported the American effort to bring peace and security to China and the Far East, before returning to Long Beach on 19 August 1949. After additional towing on the West Coast, she [[Decommissioned (ship)|decommissioned]] at [[San Diego]] on 14 June 1950 and entered the [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]].

=== Service in the Colombian Navy ===
In August 1962, ''Jicarilla'' was transferred to the [[United States Maritime Commission|Maritime Commission]], [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]] at [[Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet|Suisun Bay]], [[California]], where she would later be sold to Colombia on 1 March 1979, as ARC ''Sebastián De Belalcázar'' (RM-73).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=25 February 2016|title=[Libro] Fuerza de Superficie: Génesis y desarrollo|url=https://issuu.com/museomilitardecolombia/docs/libro_flotilla2-final150414-2/108|website=Armada de la Reública de Colombia}}</ref>

In 1979, she provided aid to the population during the [[1979 Tumaco earthquake|Tumaco earthquake]].<ref name=":0" />

In 1981, she became the only Colombian Navy ship to see action after sinking the [[19th of April Movement|M-19]] arms smuggling ship ''Karina'', in which gun fire fights broke out.<ref name=":0" />

She was put out of service and later towed out to be sunk as an [[artificial reef]] off Punta Huina, [[Bahía Solano|Bahía Solana]], to be sunk as an [[artificial reef]] on 2 September 2004.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sebastián de Belalcazar Shipwreck|url=https://anklaazul.com/sebastian-de-belalcazar/|access-date=2022-02-02|website=Ankla Azul|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards ==
The ship has a total of 2 battle stars throughout her career.

* [[China Service Medal]] (extended) 
* [[American Campaign Medal]] 
* [[Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal|Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] (2 [[Service star|battle stars]]) 
* [[World War II Victory Medal]] 
* [[Navy Occupation Service Medal]] (with Asia clasp) 
* [[Philippine Liberation Medal]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/39/39104.htm NavSource Online: USS Jicarilla (ATF-104)]
*[https://www.hullnumber.com/ATF-104 Hull Number : ATF-104 DEPLOYMENTS - MAJOR EVENTS]

{{Abnaki class fleet ocean tug}}

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