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USS Wandank (AT-26)

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in May 1939, and later to assist in raising the submarine herself, including towing of the raised submarine to shallower water in August 1939.
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on 23 March 1920. Later that year, her designation was changed from Fleet Tug No. 26 to AT-26 as the U.S. Navy instituted its alphanumeric
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on 17 July 1947 and simultaneously delivered to W. A. Bisso of
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resumed the provision of tug services out of Norfolk for the
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in commission from 1920 to 1922 and again from 1922 to 1946.
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and other small craft and participating in the towing of
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Decommissioned on 20 September 1946 and struck from the
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Her duties included towing yard 228:30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) 14: 769:Ships built in Buffalo, New York 508: 149:From AT-26 to ATO-26 15 May 1944 51: 29: 309:Ferguson Steel and Iron Company 79:Ferguson Steel and Iron Company 764:Tugs of the United States Navy 1: 524:. The entry can be found 39:(AT-26) in the 1920s or 1930s 392:United States Atlantic Fleet 16:United States Navy fleet tug 795: 18: 738: 597: 187: 179:In commercial service as 44: 28: 479:was transferred to the 331:submarine rescue vessel 188:General characteristics 363: 475:on 13 November 1946, 353:McCann Rescue Chamber 351:ca. 24 May 1939. 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Index

USS Wandank
USS Wandank (AT-26)
Ferguson Steel and Iron Company
Buffalo
New York
Maritime Commission
Algorma-class
fleet tug
knots
United States Navy
fleet tug
Buffalo
New York
Ferguson Steel and Iron Company
commissioned
hull classification

submarine rescue vessel
USS Falcon (ASR-2)
submarine
USS Squalus (SS-192)
McCann Rescue Chamber
5th Naval District
Norfolk
Virginia
decommissioned
United States Atlantic Fleet
Hampton Roads
Virginia Capes
Portsmouth

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