USS Mataco (ATF-86) Call Sign "NBDR"
(Patch photo contributed by Rich Tetrault [NAFTS])

About Mataco
 

Thanks for visiting the USS Mataco Web Site!

This site has a collection of historical information and photos and was created by Bill Cowles (Chief Engineer, December 1971 - September 1974). Anyone who is or was associated with the ship is invited to send any photos, information, history or just plain old sea stories to Bill. Email Mataco@NAFTS.com or phone (509) 308-1841. Many thanks to the following NAFTS members for sharing their memories and Mataco history: Rudy Williamson, James Paul, Art Foltz, Bruce Billig.

USS Mataco was a Navajo Class Fleet Tug:

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Keel laid 27 June 1942, at United Engineering Company, San Francisco, California

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Launched 14 October 1942

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Commissioned USS Mataco (AT-86), 29 May 1943

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Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-86), 15 May 1944

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Decommissioned 1 October 1977 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet

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Struck from the Naval Register 1 October 1979

Mataco's history after being struck from the record is uncertain. One source states that it was sold for scrap, another that it was sunk at a buoy in Acapulco harbor. There are reports from divers that the latter is the more reliable information.

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This site was last updated 09/03/07