HMS Favourite (W 119)

HMS Favourite (W 119) was a Favourite-class tug of the Royal Navy during World War II.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Favourite (W119)
Builder	Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas
Laid down	25 October 1941
Launched	17 February 1942
Commissioned	15 June 1942
Stricken	21 May 1946
Identification	IMO number: 5239814
Fate	Returned to the United States Navy, 1946
General characteristics
Type	Favourite-class tugboat
Displacement	835 tons full
Length	143 ft
Beam	33 ft 10 in (extreme)
Draft	13 ft 2 in (limiting)
Propulsion	one General Motors Diesel-electric model 12-278A single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear Ship's Service Generators one Diesel-drive 60 kW 120 V D.C. one Diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V D.C. single propeller, 1,500shp
Speed	13 knots
Complement	45
Armament	1 x 3"/50 caliber gun

Service history

Favourite was laid down on 25 October 1941 by the Levingston Shipbuilding Company in Orange, Texas, as ATA-128. She was named Caddo on 9 March 1942 and redesignated BAT-3 on 15 April 1942. BAT-3 was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 15 June 1942 as Favourite. She served through World War II with the Royal Navy and was returned to the United States Navy on 27 March 1946. Struck on 21 May 1946, the tug was renamed the Susan A. Moran and then Eugene F. Moran after being sold to the Moran Towing Corporation. In 1947, she was sold again and renamed Monsanto and then Monte Branco in 1975 after being reflagged as Portuguese. Monte Branco was deleted from Lloyd's Register in 1993 and scrapped at Setúbal.