Editing Template:USS Nipmuc

{{short description|Tugboat of the United States Navy}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2024}}
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|Ship image=Nipmuc2-1-.jpg
|Ship image size=300px
|Ship caption=USS ''Nipmuc'', {{circa}} 1948
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|Ship country= United States
|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United States|naval}}
|Ship name='''Nipmuc'''
|Ship namesake=[[Nipmuc|Nipmuc people]]
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|Ship builder=[[Charleston Dry Dock & Machine Company|Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.]]
|Ship laid down=2 December 1944
|Ship launched=12 April 1945
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|Ship commissioned=8 July 1945
|Ship decommissioned=unknown
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|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=1 September 1978
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|Ship fate=Sold, to [[Venezuela]] under the [[Foreign Military Sales|Security Assistance Program]], 1 September 1978
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|Ship country= Venezuela
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Venezuela|naval}}
|Ship name= ''Antonio Picardi'' (R-22)
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|Ship acquired= 1 September 1978
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|Ship out of service=1982
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|Ship fate=Ran aground and wrecked, 12 April 1982
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Abnaki|fleet ocean tug}}
|Ship displacement= {{convert|1240|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship length= {{convert|205|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|38|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft= {{convert|15|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=
|Ship speed= {{convert|16.5|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=85
|Ship sensors=
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}}]] gun
*2 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] guns
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|partof=[[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]]
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|operations=[[World War II]]
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'''USS ''Nipmuc'' (ATF-157)''' was an [[Abnaki class fleet ocean tug|''Abnaki''-class]] of [[fleet ocean tug]] that served in [[World War II]]. The tug was sold to Venezuela in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/39/39157.htm | title=Fleet Tug (ATF)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8340.html | title=uboat.net}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Abnaki class fleet ocean tug}}

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[[Category:Abnaki-class tugs]]
[[Category:1945 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Abnaki-class tugs of the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela]]


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