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ATA 241 (T-ATA 241) Class: Photographs

These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive.

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US Army tug Sgt Clarence W Foss (LT 132)

In an Alaskan port, date unknown. Photo from the Captain Lloyd H. (Kinky) Bayers Collection, 1898-1967, at the Alaska State Historical Collection.

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Source: NavSource

  US Army tug Sgt Clarence W Foss (LT 132, later T-ATA 241)
USNS ATA 243 (T-ATA 243)

Towing the stricken SS Atlantic Star safely into port at Kodiak, Alaska, after the ship ran out of fuel about 500 miles south of that port. USS Molala (ATF 106), not in the photo, assisted in the rescue. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, February 1951.

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Source: All Hands, February 1951

  USNS ATA 243 (T-ATA 243) circa late 1950
USNS ATA 243 (T-ATA 243)

Standing off to starboard as two harbor tugs move SS Atlantic Star alongside a fueling pier at Kodiak, Alaska. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, February 1951.

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Source: All Hands, February 1951

  USNS ATA 243 (T-ATA 243) circa late 1950
Tug Ellen Foss (ex LT 57)

The first of the Army Design 228 tugs in commercial service with the Foss Launch and Tug Co. of Tacoma, Wash., between 1962 and 1986.

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Source: tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=4034

  Tug Ellen Foss (ex Army LT 57)