HMS Tattoo (J374)

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HMS Tattoo was an Auk-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation (Chickasaw, Alabama) on 8 June 1942 as BAM-32 and launched on 27 January 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned as HMS Tattoo on 26 October 1943.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tattoo
BuilderGulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down8 June 1942 as (BAM-32)
Launched27 January 1943
Completed26 October 1943, and transferred to the UK under Lend-Lease
Fate
  • Returned to the US, January 1947
  • Transferred to the Foreign Liquidation Commission and sold to Turkey
History
Turkey
NameTCG Çarşamba (AGS-1, A-594)
NamesakeÇarşamba
AcquiredMarch 1947
Reclassifiedsurvey ship
Stricken1985
General characteristics
Class and typeCatherine-class minesweeper
Displacement890 long tons (904 t)
Length221 ft 3 in (67.44 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement100
Armament

Tattoo served for part of World War II patrolling off Iceland. At one point, she returned to Britain for repairs to a fouled propeller.

She returned to the United States in 1947, sold to the Turkish Navy in March 1947 as a survey ship and renamed TCG Çarşamba (AGS-1, later A-594).[1]

She was stricken from the Naval Register in 1985.

References

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  1. ^ Moore, John, ed. (1980). Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Jane's Publishing Company. p. 459. ISBN 0-7106-0703-2.
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