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USS Pawnee (ATF-74)
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 USS Pawnee (AT-74) (1942 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - November - Alpha
 NUNA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 23 October 1941, at United Engineering Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 31 March 1942
  • Commissioned USS Pawnee (AT-74), 7 November 1942, LTjg. Frank C. Dilworth USN in command
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug, (ATF-74), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned in January 1947
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA., 13 April 1961, custody retained by US Navy
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962
  • Permanent custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 1 September 1962, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Final Disposition, 22 November 1971, sold for scrapping to Match & Kirk
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,165 t.(lt)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 85
    Armament
    one single 4"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. mgs
    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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    Pawnee 16k Pawnee (ATF-74) at anchor, date and location unknown. Submitted by John R Gehler to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 29 February 2008