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AT / ATF-69 Chippewa

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Navajo Class Fleet Ocean Tug:

Laid down (date unknown) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 25 July 1942

Commissioned USS Chippewa (AT-69), 14 February 1943

Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug, (ATF-69), 15 May 1944

Decommissioned, 26 February 1947 at Orange, TX.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange

Final Disposition, sunk as part of an artificial reef off Destin, FL., 28 February 1990

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	32k	Chippewa (AT-69) underway off Trinidad in 1944.		Contributed by Al Consiglio to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

View the Chippewa (AT-69)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center 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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