USS Pinto (ATF-90)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Pinto |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | 10 August 1942 |
| Launched: | 5 January 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 1 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 July 1946 |
| Reclassified: | ATF-90, 15 May 1944 |
| Struck: | 17 May 1974 |
| Honors and awards: |
3 battle stars & Navy Unit Commendation (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold to Peru, 1 May 1974 |
 Peru
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| Name: | BAP Guardian Rios (ARB-123) |
| Acquired: | 1 May 1974 |
| Fate: | decommissioned 2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Navajo-class fleet tug |
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| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
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| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 85 |
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USS Pinto (AT-90) was an Navajo-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned." She served in the Atlantic Ocean and, at war’s end, returned home proudly with three battle stars to her credit.
Pinto was laid down by the Cramp Shipbuilding Co. of Philadelphia 10 August 1942; launched 5 January 1943; sponsored by Miss Lorna Cook; and commissioned 1 April 1943; Lt. Ralph Brown in command.
Following shakedown, Pinto served in Service Squadron 1, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet operating on the U.S. East Coast of the United States and at Argentia, Newfoundland until 15 December 1943 when she arrived Long Island Sound to conduct salvage and towing operations for the U.S. Army and Navy Proving Grounds, Davisville, Rhode Island.
On 26 March 1944, Pinto was underway for the European theater of operations, arriving Falmouth, England on 19 April. She was redesignated ATF-90 on 15 May. She arrived off the Normandy invasion coast on 6 June, where she and two other tugs comprised Combat Salvage Unit 122.3.1 which assisted and made emergency repairs to invasion landing craft while under enemy fire. On "D-Day" plus one (7 June 1944), Susan B. Anthony (AP-72) struck a mine, and was left burning and in a sinking condition. Pinto aided in removing 2,200 Army troops plus the Navy crew, for which she received the Navy Unit Commendation. Pinto remained on station as combat salvage vessel off "Omaha Beach" until 3 July when she returned to England.
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