GUARDIAN RIOS (ARA-123)

 1 GUARDIAN RIOS-class OCEAN TUG (ATF) (U.S. CHEROKEE class)

 Name            Pendant   Launched        Commissioned    Status

 GUARDIAN RIOS   ARA-123   Jan. 5, 1943    Apr. 1, 1943    Active
   (ex-USS Sioux, ATF-75)

This ship is a large, steel-hulled, ocean-going tug. It was transferred to Peru in December 1960 as a loan and purchased outright on May 17, 1974.

Active.

 Cramp Shipbuilding Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.

 Displacement:      1,235 tons standard
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