USS ATA-176
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS ATR-103 |
| Namesake: | the Tonkawa |
| Laid down: | 30 January 1944 |
| Launched: | 1 March 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 19 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 June 1947 |
| In service: | 30 June 1947 |
| Out of service: | 8 May 1956 |
| Renamed: | USNS Tonkawa (T-ATA-176), 16 July 1948 |
| Struck: | 1 August 1961 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Republic of China Navy, April 1962 |
| Career (Republic of China) | |
| Name: | ROCS Ta Sueh (ATA-547) |
| Acquired: | April 1962 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | ATR-1-class rescue tug |
| Displacement: | 835 t.(fl) |
| Length: | 143 ft (44 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel-electric single propeller |
| Speed: | 13 kts |
| Complement: | 45 |
| Armament: | one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount |
USS ATA-176 was an ATR-1-class rescue tug built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 30 January 1944 and launched on 1 March as USS ATR-103, but was re-designated ATA-176 on 15 May. She was commissioned as USS ATA-176 on 19 August. She served in the U.S. Pacific Fleet during the war and was decommissioned on 30 June 1947. She was then manned with a civilian crew and placed in service, being renamed USNS Tonkawa (T-ATA-176) on 16 July 1948. Tonkawa, the first U.S. Navy vessel named for the Tonkawa, was taken out of service in 1956 and placed in reserve.
Tonkawa was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1961, and transferred to the Republic of China in April 1962. In the service of the Republic of China Navy, she was renamed ROCS Ta Sueh (ATA-547). Her fate in Chinese service is not reported in secondary sources.
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