USS Serrano (ATF-112)
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| Name: | Serrano |
| Builder: | United Engineering Co. |
| Laid down: | 6 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 24 July 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Sidney E. Fraser |
| Commissioned: | 22 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 January 1970 |
| Reclassified: | AGS-24 on 30 June 1960 |
| Struck: | 2 January 1970 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 2 November 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Abnaki-class tug |
| Displacement: | 1,330 |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
| Speed: | 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun; 2 x 40 mm guns |
USS Serrano (ATF-112) was an Abnaki-class tug of the United States Navy. She was laid down on 6 March 1943 by the United Engineering Co., Alameda, California, United States, and launched on 24 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Sidney E. Fraser. Serrano was commissioned on 22 September 1944, Lt. Comdr. George E. Cook in command. After six years of service, Serrano was decommissioned in 1950. After spending ten years in reserve, she was reactivated, converted to a surveying ship and re-designated AGS-24. She served in that role until 1970.
Completing her shakedown in November, Serrano took three barges in tow at Port Hueneme and sailed for Hawaii, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 17 December. She reported to Service Squadron (ServRon) 10 the same day and, on the 23d, joined a westbound convoy. By the end of January 1945, she had delivered yard craft to Eniwetok and Guam. In early February, she moved on to the Palaus and, at mid-month, arrived in San Pedro Bay, Leyte, P.I., with an ARD and a YF in tow. On the 20th, she got underway for the Admiralties and, by the end of the month, was en route back to the Palaus.
For over two months, she continued oceanic towing operations, ranging from the Philippines to the Marianas. From mid-May to mid-June, she provided salvage services in the Ulithi area; then, on the 16th, she sailed for Okinawa.
Serrano arrived in Buckner Bay and joined ServRon 12 on 28 June. Through the end of the war, she conducted salvage operations and provided assistance to battle-damaged ships in the Okinawa-Kerama Retto area; and, at the end of August, joined Tenino (ATF-115) in towing USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) to Guam. She then returned to Okinawa for further occupation duty.
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