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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1945}} | Ship name= USS Yaupon | Ship namesake= A Native American term designating a type of holly tree | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= as Yaupon (YN-96) | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= Canulette Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, Louisiana | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= 29 January 1944 | Ship launched= 16 September 1944 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 10 March 1945 as USS ATA-218 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= date unknown | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= ATA-218, 15 May 1944 | Ship reclassified= AN-72, 20 January 1944 | Ship refit= | Ship struck= 17 April 1946 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Most likely scrapped sometime after 1947 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type= ATA-214-class auxiliary fleet tug | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement= 1,275 tons | Ship tons burthen= | Ship length= 194' 6" | Ship beam= 34' 7" | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= 14' 1" (full load) | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= diesel-electric engines, single screw | Ship sail plan= | Ship speed= 12.1 knots | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement= 57 officers and enlisted | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament= two 40 mm gun mounts | Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | USS ATA-218 was an {{sclass-|ATA-214|tug}} of the United States Navy built near the end of World War II. Originally laid down as Yaupon (YN-96), a net tender of the {{sclass-|Ailanthus|net laying ship|4}}, she was redesignated as AN-72, a net layer, before launch. Before completion, the name Yaupon was cancelled and the ship was named ATA-218, an unnamed auxiliary ocean tug. Career ATA-218 was laid down as Yaupon (AN-72) on 29 January 1944 at Slidell, Louisiana, by the Canulette Shipbuilding Company. Her name was cancelled on 12 August 1944, and she was designated ATA-218. She was launched on 16 September 1944 and commissioned on 10 March 1945. Information regarding ATA-218{{'}}s brief Navy career is almost totally lacking. Even her decommissioning date is unknown. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 17 April 1946, and she was sold through the War Shipping Administration on 3 January 1947. Presumably, she was scrapped. References- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/y1/yaupon.htm}}
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - ATA-218 - YN-96 / AN-72 Yaupon
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