USS Koka (AT-31)
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| Name: | USS Koka (AT-31) |
| Launched: | July 11, 1919 |
| Commissioned: | February 18, 1920 |
| Struck: | March 2, 1938 |
| Fate: | Run aground off San Clemente Island, California on December 7, 1937 |
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| Class and type: | Bagaduce-class fleet tug |
| Displacement: | 1,000 tons |
| Length: | 156 ft 8 in (47.8 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 7 in (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel, single propeller |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 46 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | none |
USS Koka (AT-31) was a Bagaduce-class fleet tug in the service of the United States Navy. Previously named Oconee, she was renamed Koka on February 24, 1919. She was launched July 11, 1919 by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and commissioned February 18, 1920, Lt. (j.g.) J. C. Bauman, Jr. in command.
Assigned to the 11th Naval District, Koka sailed from Puget Sound to San Diego, California in March 1920, and spent the next 17 years performing various tug and target-towing services out of San Diego. On 20 March 1934 she had the honor of towing USS Constitution out of San Diego on the homeward leg of Constitution's 1930s tour of the US.[1]
On December 7, 1937 Koka ran aground off San Clemente Island and was officially decommissioned the same day. She was declared unsalvageable and abandoned as a wreck on January 22, 1938. Her name was struck from the Naval Register on March 2, 1938. The wreck of the Koka lies in 10 feet of water in Northwest Harbor, San Clemente Island.
References
- ↑ "MARCH COVER USS CONSTITUTION". http://www.uscs.org/site%20archive/cover%20of%20the%20month/march07.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- history.navy.mil: USS Oconee
- Photo gallery of Koka at NavSource Naval History
- Koka wreck diving information
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