USS Carib (AT-82)

History
United States
Name	USS Carib
Namesake	Carib
Builder	Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, South Carolina
Launched	7 February 1943
Commissioned	24 July 1943
Decommissioned	24 January 1947
Reclassified	ATF-82, 15 May 1944
Stricken	1 July 1963
Fate	Sold to Colombia, 14 February 1978
Colombia
Name	ARC Pedro de Heredia
Namesake	Pedro de Heredia
Acquired	14 February 1978
Fate	Sunk by the Colombian Navy, June 2007
General characteristics
Class and type	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; 4 × General Motors 12-278A diesel engines driving 4 General Electric generators and 3 General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines; single screw; 3,600 shp (2,685 kW);
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	85 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun; 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 × single 20 mm AA guns;

USS Carib (AT-82) was a

fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned." She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

.

The second U.S. Navy ship to be named Carib, she was launched 7 February 1943 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, South Carolina; sponsored by Mrs. N. R. Wade; and commissioned 24 July 1943.

World War II Atlantic Ocean operations

Carib cleared

antisubmarine

and escort operations of the South Atlantic Force.

Transfer to the Pacific Ocean

Clearing for the

drydock ARDC-2 to Pearl Harbor

.

Carib towed battle

Philippine Islands

, arriving 6 February, and operated in the Philippines until 6 April.

Post-war decommissioning

Carib returned to

Security Assistance Program, 14 February 1978 and renamed ARC Pedro de Heredia. Final Disposition was to be sunk by the Colombian Navy

in June 2007.

Colombian Navy

In March 1979 in Alameda, California, the unit was reactivated in the shipyard Tod Shipyard with the first Colombian crew, the first sea test was on 30 July 1979, and the official day of incorporation to the Colombian Navy was 7 August 1979, the last commanding officer was The Master Chief Rafael Darío Valverde Burgos. The Colombia Seal for the 5KLE:

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

Photo gallery of USS Carib (AT-82/ATF-82) at NavSource Naval History