USS Yuma (ATF-94)
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| Name: | USS Yuma |
| Namesake: | the Yuma Native American tribe |
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| Laid down: | 13 February 1943 |
| Launched: | 17 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | (AT-94), 31 August 1943 |
| Reclassified: | (ATF-94), 15 May 1944; USNS Yuma (T-AF-94) |
| Struck: | 25 March 1959 |
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| Fate: | Transferred to Pakistan, 25 March 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Navajo-class fleet tug |
| Displacement: | 1,235 long tons (1,255 t) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel-electric, four General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw, 3,600 shp |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: | 1 x single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, 2 x twin 40 mm AA gun mounts, 2 x single 20 mm AA gun mounts |
USS Yuma (AT-94/ATF-94/T-ATF-94) was a Navajo-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the Yuma tribe of Arizona.
Yuma was laid down in February 1943, launched in July 1943, and commissioned in August 1943. She was 205 feet (62 m) in length, 38 feet (11.582400 m) abeam, and displaced 1,235 long tons (1,255 t). She was armed with a single 3-inch (7.6 cm) gun and four anti-aircraft guns of smaller calibers.
Yuma served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and earned two battle stars. After the war she remained in service in the Far East through 1949. After a one-year stint on the West Coast, Yuma returned to the Pacific and served in the combat zone of the Korean War in 1951 and 1952, earning two battle stars for her service. She alternated between operating out of Pearl Harbor, Guam, Japan, and the Aleutians over the next three years. After her 1955 return to the west coast, Yuma was decommissioned.
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