USS Arapaho (ATF-68) - Subsequent Maritime Career

Subsequent Maritime Career

On 10 July 1961, she was transferred to the Argentine Navy, which commissioned her that same day as ARA Comandante General Zapiola. The tug remained active with the Argentine Navy until January 1976 when she ran aground in an Antarctic reef and was declared a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the Chilean patrol boat Piloto Pardo.

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