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Lost do to unexplained explosion, 12 December 1943

AT-64 Navajo

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 12 December 1938, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Staten Island, N.Y.
  • Launched, 17 August 1939
  • Commissioned, USS Navajo (AT-64), 26 January 1940, LCDR. M. E. Thomas in command
  • Lost due to an unexplained explosion while towing YO-42 enroute from Pago Pago to Espiritu Santo, 12 December 1943
  • Navajo earned 2 battle stars during World War II
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,235 t.(lt) 1,674 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16k.5kts.
    Complement 85
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm guns
    Propulsion diesel-electric, four General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw, 3,600shp
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    Navajo 50k Navajo (AT-64), underway, date and place unknown. Submitted by Walter Adams
    to NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Navajo 93k Navajo (AT-64) at San Francisco, CA., 7 June 1943
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 4239-43, 6/7/43    		 Darryl Baker
    Navajo 120k Navajo (AT-64) at San Francisco, CA., 7 June 1943
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 4238-43, 6/7/43    		 Darryl Baker
    Navajo 60k Navajo (AT-64) underway off San Francisco, 16 June 1943
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 4456-46, 6/16/43    		 Darryl Baker
    Navajo 83k Navajo (AT-64) underway off San Francisco, 16 June 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 4458-43, 6/16/43    		 Darryl Baker
    Navajo 84k Navajo (AT-64) underway off San Francisco, 16 June 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 4455-43, 6/16/43    		 Darryl Baker
    Navajo 58k Navajo (AT-64) underway off San Francisco, CA., 16 June 1943
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 4453-43, 6/16/43    		 Darryl Baker
    View the Navajo (AT-64)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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