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Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
ATO-137 -- USS Owl
- Ocean Tug, Old:
- Displacement: 840 tons
- Length: 187'10"
- Beam: 35'5"
- Draft: 15'
- Speed: 14 knots
- Armament: 2 3"/50, 2 20mm (bow and quarterdeck), 2 Y-guns (stern)
- Complement: 75
- Reciprocating engine
- Built at Todd Shipbuilding, Brooklyn; and commissioned as Bird Class Minesweeper (AM-2) 11 July 1918
- Converted to Ocean Tug 1 June 1942
Additional Links:
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(Following photos from Carla Jett, daughter of Stewart L. Miller) |
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![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-PH.jpg) At Pearl Harbor |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-towing.jpg) Towing gunnery target |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-target.jpg) Close-up of gunnery target |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-torpedo.jpg) Loading torpedoes... |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-DDs.jpg) Managing destroyers |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-captain.jpg) The Skipper |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-officers.jpg) Ship's Officers |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-Miller1.jpg) Stewart L. Miller |
Miller & Unknown |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-Miller4.jpg) Miller (l.) & Unknowns |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-helm.jpg) Unknown Helmsman |
![](../img/ATO/ATO-137_Owl-helm2.jpg) At the helm |
Members of the crew (Please contact me if you can identify any of these crewmen) |
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Last updated:
26 October 2010