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USS Choctaw (ATF-70)
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 USS Choctaw (AF-70) (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Juliet - Tango
 NUJT
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

USS Choctaw (ATF-70) was transferred to Colombia
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 18 October 1942
  • Commissioned USS Choctaw (AT-70), 21 April 1943, LT. J. D. Garland in command
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug, (ATF-70), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 11 March 1947, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 October 1977
  • Transferred, cash sale, to Colombia under the Security Assistance Program, 1 March 1978
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,240 t.
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 8 Officers, 68 Enlisted
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    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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    Choctaw 321k USS Choctaw (AT-70) going full astern during builders trials in the Cooper River, at Charleston S.C. in April 1943. Alan Owens
    Choctaw 13k SS Murfreesboro being towed by USS Choctaw (AT-70) off St. Georges, Bermuda, 29 March 1944. Murfreesboro was rammed by SS El Coston during a gale on 25 February 1944. Photo from Armed Guard web site. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Choctaw 38k USS Choctaw (AT-70) with SS Murfreesboro in tow following the latters collision with SS El Coston during a gale, 25 February 1944.
    US Navy photo, "All Hands" magazine, July 1944 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Choctaw 40k USS Choctaw (ATF-70) at Naval Station Norfolk, VA, circa 1946. Note the aircraft carrier in the background. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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