USS Tuscarora (AT-77)
Probably shown around the time of her delivery by her builders in December 1941.
The gun forward is a 3"/23 AA gun; there are two firefighting nozzles on top of the forward superstructure.
Photo No. None
Source: Cleveland Diesel (G.M.) brochure, loose pages held by the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (CUP, L-file)
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USS Tuscarora (AT-77)
At the Charleston, S.C., Navy Yard on 7 January 1942.
Photo No. 19-N-26537
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM
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USS Tuscarora (AT-77)
Near the Charleston, S.C., Navy Yard on 8 January 1942.
Photo No. 19-N-26540
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM
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USS Tuscarora (AT-77)
Near the Charleston, S.C., Navy Yard on 8 January 1942.
Photo No. 19-N-26539
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM
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USS Tuscarora (YT-341)
Photographed circa 1943.
Her small 3" gun has been removed but she retains her two firefighting nozzles on the superstructure.
Photo No. 80-G-171215
Source: Shipscribe
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USS Tuscarora (YTB-341)
Probably photographed soon after World War II.
Although she is now a service craft, her motor whaleboat still bears her original designation of AT-77.
Photo No. None
Source: Shipscribe
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Ex-USS Tuscarora (ATA-245)
Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet in Maritime Administration custody, 1975.
She went on to a long career as a commercial tug. Photographed by Martin Holbrook.
Photo No. NH 96607
Source: Naval History and Heritage Command
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