The Titano A5320 was
originally designated "Power V3-S-AH2" It was
transferred to Great Britian as the ATENGO and operated as a
cargo vessel. From there she was transferred to Italy in 1947.
Background on the V3-S-AH2 type of vessel: The Maritime
Commission only built wooden ships and barges reluctantly, at a
point in the war when the steel shipbuilders were all at full
capacity.
These wooden tugs were originally built to
go with oceangoing dry bulk barges to carry coal. The design,
designated V3-S-AH2, was 157 feet long, with a 1,000-hp
steam reciprocating engine: 14 of these tugs were built by 3
shipbuilders and 8 of these were transferred to Britain, with names
beginning with AT, for "American Tug".
Titano specifications:
1200 ton displacement, 557grt 64nrt
Dimension: Length: 157.5 Beam: 32.8 Draft: 13.0 feet
Built in1944 by Standard Shipbuilding Co, San Pedro CA (Yard
1)(Wooden Hull)
Power Plant: T3cy 1sc 1000ihp 8kn
Transfer history:
April, 1944 US Maritime Commissioned as American tug POWER
1944 To Great Britain Ministry of War Transport on lend-lease as
ATENGO
5/1945 To Great Britain on Admiralty service
3/1946 To Great Britain on War Office service
1947 Returned to US Maritime Commission
1947 To Compagnia Marittima Corso, Genoa
1947 Commissioned Italian Navy as TITANO (A 5320)
1974 Decommissioned and broken up at Taranto
