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USS Navajo (ATA-211)
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 USS ATA-211 (1945 - 1948)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - November - India
 NINI
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-138
  • Redesignated Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-211, 13 April 1944
  • Laid down, 20 January 1945 at Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX.
  • Launched, 3 March 1945
  • Commissioned, USS ATA-211, 3 May 1945, LTjg. James McKnight in command
  • Named Navajo (ATA-211), 15 July 1948
  • Decommissioned, 10 April 1962
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1962
  • Sold in 1963 to Twenty Grand Marine Service, Inc., Morgan City, LA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1976
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 40
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
    Armament
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,200 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gears
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,500shp
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    Navajo 24k USS ATA-211 moored pierside, date and location unknown. George Black USS ATA-211
    USS Navajo (ATA-211)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. McKnight, James3 May 1945 - ?
     LT. Swan, Robert Sheridanno dates
     LT. Dodson, Paul W.no dates
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 12 November 2010