USS Pinola (ATA-206)
Ex-Pinola in South Korean Naval service as ROKS Do Bong (ATA-3) moored pierside, date and location unknown. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX |
| Reclassified | Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-206, 15 May 1944 |
| Laid down | 26 October 1944 |
| Launched | 14 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | USS ATA-206, 10 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 4 October 1946 |
| Renamed | Pinola (ATA-206), 16 June 1948 |
| Recommissioned | 10 January 1949 |
| Decommissioned | 6 April 1956 |
| Fate | Transferred under the Military Assistance Program to South Korea, 2 February 1962 |
| South Korea | |
| Name | ROKS Do Bong (ATA-3) |
| Acquired | 2 February 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1970s |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric engines, single screw |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 45 |
| Armament |
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The USS Pinola (ATA-206) was a Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug launched in 1945 and serving until 1956. The ship was transferred to the Republic of Korea in 1962.