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AT-65 Seminole

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 25 October 1943) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (wounded and KIAs, 25 October 1943)
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 16 December 1938, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y.
  • Launched, 15 September 1939
  • Commissioned, USS Seminole (AT-65), 8 March 1940
  • Lost to enemy action, 25 October 1942 off Tulagi, (Seminole lost one crew member during the action)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 2 December 1942
  • Seminole received one battle star for World War II service
    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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    Seminole 89k Seminole (AT-65), photograph taken by her builder, the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Staten Island, New York, at the time of her completion, circa early 1940. This photograph has been heavily retouched from the mainmast area to the stern.
    US Navy photo # NH 97793 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Seminole 73k Seminole (AT-65), photograph taken in 1940, probably early in the year at the time of her completion.
    US Navy photo # NH 97794 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Seminole 74k Seminole (AT-65), photograph taken in 1940, probably early in the year at the time of her completion.
    US Navy photo # NH 97795 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
    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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