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USS Carib (ATF-82)
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 USS Carib (AT-82) (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Kilo - Whiskey
 NWKW

USS Carib (ATF-82) was transferred to Colombia, renamed ARC Pedro de Heredia
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 7 February 1943
  • Commissioned USS Carib (AT-82), 24 July 1943, LT. A.B. Gunn USN in command
  • Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-82), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 24 January 1947, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1963
  • Sold to Columbia, under the Security Assistance Program, 14 February 1978 and renamed ARC Pedro de Heredia
  • Final Disposition, sunk by the Colombian Navy in June 2007
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,235 t.
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 85
    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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    Carib 152k USS Carib (ATF-82) commissioning ceremony, 24 July 1943, at Charleston, S.C.
    Navy Yard Charleston photo # 1152-43 from "the Towline" the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors magazine, 1 September 1996.    		 Stan Svec
    Carib 72k Port bow down view of USS Carib (ATF-82) underway on the Cooper River, off Charleston, S.C., 2 August 1943.
    Navy Yard Charleston photo # 1176-43    		 Robert Hall
    Carib 68k Port broadside bow down view of USS Carib (ATF-82) underway on the Cooper River, off Charleston, S.C., 2 August 1943
    Navy Yard Charleston photo # 1177-43    		 Robert Hall
    Carib 82k Port quarter view of USS Carib (ATF-82) underway on the Cooper River, off Charleston, S.C., 2 August 1943.
    Navy Yard Charleston photo # 1178-43    		 Robert Hall
    Carib 52k Starboard quarter view of USS Carib (ATF-82) underway on the Cooper River, off Charleston, S.C., 2 August 1943.
    Navy Yard Charleston photo # 1173-43    		 Robert Hall
    Carib 57k Stern view of USS Carib (ATF-82) underway on the Cooper River, off Charleston, S.C., 2 August 1943.
    Navy Yard Charleston photo # 1174-43    		 Robert Hall
    Carib 46k Bow view of USS Carib (ATF-82) underway on the Cooper River, off Charleston, S.C., 2 August 1943.
    Navy Yard Charleston photo # 1170-43    		 Robert Hall
    Carib 30k USS Carib (ATF-82) underway, date and location unknown. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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