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AT-71 / ATF-71 Hopi

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 7 September 1942
  • Commissioned USS Hopi (AT-71), 11 March 1943
  • Redesignated a Fleet Ocean Tug, (ATF-71), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 9 December 1955, at New London, CT.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Turned over to the Maritime Administration, 27 March 1962, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1963
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Hopi received four battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,240 t.
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 85
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm guns, 4 depth charge projectors
    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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    Hopi 59k Hopi (AT-71) underway, circa 1940s Courtesy Bob Roy and
    The National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    DANFS history entry located at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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