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USS Narragansett (ATF-88)
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 USS Narragansett (AT-88) (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Oscar - Xray
 NBOX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (23 August 1943 Palermo- retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (2-Palermo, 23 August 1943 )

USS Narragansett (ATF-88) was sold to Taiwan and renamed ROCS Ta Feng (A555)
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 31 January 1942, at Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, 8 August 1942
  • Commissioned USS Narragansett (AT-88), 15 January 1943, LTjg. Charles J. Wichmann, USN, in command
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug, (ATF-88), 15 May 1944
  • During World War II USS Narragansett was assigned initially to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943  

  • Following service in the European Theater USS Narragansett was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 21 December 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1961
  • USS Narragansett earned three battle stars tor World War II service
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 1 September 1961
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont,TX.
  • Sold to the Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1991
  • Commissioned in the Republic of China as ROCS Ta Feng (A555)
  • Retired, 1 October 2021
  • Final Disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,235 t.(lt) 1,674 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16k.5kts.
    Complement
    8 Officers
    68 Enlisted
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA guns
    two depth charge tracks
    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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    USS Narragansett (ATF-88)
    Narragansett 197k USS Narragansett (ATF-88) launching and christening, 8 August 1942, at Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA.
    A US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Allan Owens
    Narragansett 250k USS Narragansett (ATF-88) under way shortly after commissioning in January 1943. Allan Owens
    ROCS Ta Feng (A555)
    Narragansett 345k Ex-USS Narragansett (ATF-88) as the Republic of China auxiliary tug ROCS Ta Feng (A555) moored pierside at Keelung, Taiwan in December 2015. Photo by Daniel Lewis
    Narragansett 352k ROCS Ta Feng (A555) moored pierside at Keelung, Taiwan, 28 September 2019. Photos by Michael Shiou
    Narragansett 74k
    Narragansett 289k
    USS Narragansett (AT-88 / ATF-88)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Wichmann, Charles John, USN15 January 1943 - 1 September 1944
    02LT. MacGill, Harry Lee, USN1 September 1944 - 31 March 1945
    03LT. Gillert, William Kevin, USNRMay 1945 - 1 August 1945
    04LT. Holmes, Edward Clarence, USNR1 August 1945 - 1 October 1945
    05LCDR. McArthur, Roland Barrow, USN1 October 1945 - 31 October 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    ROCS Ta Feng (A555)
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