ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6)
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ARA Suboficial Castillo in Antarctic waters
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 United States
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| Name: | Takelma |
| Namesake: | The Takelma people |
| Builder: | United Engineering Co. |
| Laid down: | 7 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 18 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 3 August 1944 |
| Struck: | 28 January 1992 |
| Motto: | We Can Hack It ! |
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| Fate: | transferred to Argentine Navy, 1993 |
 Argentina
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| Name: | Suboficial Castillo |
| Namesake: | Marine Julio Castillo |
| Acquired: | 30 Sep 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 7 Jun 1994 |
| Fate: | in service as of 2010 |
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| Displacement: | 1675 tons (full) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
| Draft: | 15.33 ft (4.67 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric, single screw, 3,600shp, |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 |
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ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6) is an Abnaki-class tug/patrol boat of the Argentine Navy. She previously served in the US Navy as USS Takelma (ATF-113) from 1944 to 1992.
Suboficial Castillo is used as support ship for both the Argentine Submarine Force and during the summer campaigns in Antarctica in the Patrulla Antártica Naval Combinada (English: Joint Antarctic Naval Patrol) with the Chilean Navy to guarantee safety to all touristic and scientific ships that are in transit within the Antarctic Peninsula.
Takelma was laid down on 7 April 1943 by the United Engineering Co., Alameda, Ca.; launched on 18 September 1943; and commissioned on 3 August 1944.
Takelma arrived at Pearl Harbor on 5 January 1945 and was routed westward to Eniwetok. The fleet ocean tug towed vessels between various Pacific bases such as Ulithi, Leyte, Hollandia, Subic Bay, Manus, Espiritu Santo, and Milne Bay until she returned to Pearl Harbor in June 1946.
During 1946–52 Takelma operated out of numerous locations including San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Adak, and Subic Bay at various times. She cruised over much of the Pacific Ocean with port calls at locations such as Midway, Balboa, Coco Solo, Wake, Kwajalein, Japan, and Korea.
One of Takelma's more noteworthy missions was supporting Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb tests at Bikini. In February 1947 she was ordered to begin towing target ships from various ports to the Marshall Islands. In December 1947 she began to tow surviving target ships from the Bikini Atoll following the tests. Among the ships she towed were the battleship New York and the cruisers Salt Lake City and Pensacola.
Takelma operated out of Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan during the Korean War. The tug operated in Korean waters from 20 August to 17 September 1952, serving at Sokcho, Pusan, and Wonsan, before returning to Sasebo. From 2 to 30 December she again sailed to the Korean ports of Cho Do and Yongyong Do. Takelma left Sasebo in January 1953 to return to the combat zone. She remained there from 19 to 24 January. Her last service during the Korean War began when she arrived at Wonsan on 30 January. She departed for Sasebo on 18 February 1953.
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