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USS Moreno (ATF-87)
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 USS Moreno (AT-87) (1942 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Echo - Sierra
 NBES
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (3-WIA- 6 July 1943, Bizerte, Tunisia)
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 26 June 1942, at Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, 9 July 1942
  • Commissioned USS Moreno (AT-87), 30 November 1942, Ltjg. V. H. Kyllberg in command
  • During World War II USS Moreno was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 10 to 15 July 1943 Invasion of Southern France, 15 to 22 August 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 .

  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug, (ATF-87), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 18 August 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX. Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1961
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
  • USS Moreno received three battle stars tor World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,270 t.(lt) 1,674 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 8"
    Draft 16'
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 119
    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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    Moreno 226k USS Moreno (AT-87) underway during builders trials off Philadelphia in November 1942. Alan Owens
    Moreno 60k USS Moreno (AT-87) rendering assistance to HMS Abercrombie, 10 September 1943, in the Gulf of Salerno. On the afternoon of 9 September, the Monitor HMS Abercrombie drifted into an unswept minefield while awaiting calls for bombardment support in the Gulf of Salerno. She is seen here the following day with Moreno.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
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