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AT-84 / ATF-84 Cree

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (3)
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Vietnam) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at United Engineering Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched, 17 August 1942
  • Commissioned USS Cree (AT-84), 28 March 1943
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-84), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 April 1978
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 27 August 1978
  • Cree received two battle stars for World War II service and three for Korean war service
    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
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    Cree 41k Cree (ATF-84) at anchor, Bangkok, Thailand, 1970 Submitted by Bob Meckley to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Cree 44k Cree (ATF-84) moored at Navsta San Diego, circa 1970 Submitted by Bob Meckley to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Cree 37k Cree (ATF-84), underway, date and place unknown. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Fort Marion 86k Cree (ATF-84), with Comstock (LSD-19), and Fort Marion (LSD-22), date and location unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
    View the Cree (ATF-84)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
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    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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