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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 98805

USS Salinan (ATF-161)


Underway, circa 1968.
The original caption reads: "Salinan (ATF-161) underway, displaying the array of heavy towing and lifting gear which forms her 'main battery'. The basic mission of seagoing tugs such as Salinan is to salvage and tow other ships of the fleet that have been damaged in battle or by weather. They can serve as the flagship of a salvage unit assigned to a specific task, and are frequently called on to tow floating drydocks and other non-self-propelled craft long distances."

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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4 September 2003