USS Moctobi (ATF-105) and USS Quapaw (ATF-110) - US Navy Ships - Fleet Ocean Tugs - Abandoned - Richmond Kaiser Naval Shipyard (near San Francisco)

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USS Moctobi (ATF-105) and USS Quapaw (ATF-110) - US Navy Ships - Fleet Ocean Tugs - Abandoned - Richmond Kaiser Naval Shipyard (near San Francisco)

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The USS Moctobi (ATF-105), now called "Lion", and USS Quapaw (ATF-110), now called "Tiger", are US Navy salvage ship aka Fleet ocean tugs (ATF).

An ATF's duties is to provide towing, salvage and at times rescue operations for the fleet. Those are basically tow boats for disabled navy ships.

Those two tugs are decommissioned and are now docked at the Richmond Kaiser Naval Shipyard (near San Francisco), awaiting either refit or scrapping.

You can find more information about those ships on the websites below:

www.ussquapaw.com/main.cfm

www.oceantugs.com/moctobi.htm

www.oceantugs.com/towing.htm

For more information about the Richmond Kaiser Naval Shipyard and the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front Memorial Park, check the album description.

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Photo taken on April 26, 2009
1319 Canal Boulevard, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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