| Janequeo (ATF-65) | |
|---|---|
 Sister ship USS Abnaki (right), alongside a Soviet trawler | |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | Potawatomi |
| Laid down: | 19 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 3 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 12 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 April 1948 |
| Reclassified: | Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-109), 15 May 1944 |
| Fate: | sold to Chile |
| Career (Chile) |  |
| Name: | Janequeo |
| Commissioned: | February 1963 |
| Fate: | Sunk in Caleta Manquemapu, 60 nm south of Corral, Chile, with lost of 51 men |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Abnaki-class tug |
| Displacement: | 1,240 t.(lt) 1,675 t.(fl) |
| Length: | 205 feet (62 m) |
| Beam: | 38 feet 6 inches (11.73 m) |
| Draft: | 15 feet 4 inches (4.67 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Diesel-electric 4x750hp Busch-Sulzer BS-539 Diesel main engines driving four General Electric main drive generators and two 1500hp pulsation motors three Diesel-drive General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines driving three Ship's Service Generators two 200Kw 120V/240V DC one 100Kw 120V/240V DC single propeller, 3000shp |
| Speed: | 16.5 kn |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Armament: |
one single 3"/50 cal. dual purpose gun mount |
Janequeo (ATF-65) was a tug of the Chilean Navy that sunk on 15 August 1965 during a devastating storm at the Bay of Manquemapu, 60 nm south of Corral, Chile with the lost of 51 men as she helped the Leucotón (PP-61) that had ran aground.
Bahía San Pedro, located at 40°53′29.24″S 73°51′1.59″W / 40.8914556°S 73.8504417°WCoordinates: 40°53′29.24″S 73°51′1.59″W / 40.8914556°S 73.8504417°W
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External links[]
- Chilean Navy website, Janequeo (5.), retrieved on 26 September 2013
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Potawatomi (ATF-109), ex USS Potawatomi (AT-109) (1944)
The original article can be found at Janequeo (ATF-65) and the edit history here.