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AT-98 / ATF-98 Arikara


USS Arikara (ATF-98) was transferred to Chile renamed Sargento Aledea (ATF-63)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive Invasion of Normandy)
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
Fourth Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (5) - Vietnam Service Medal (4)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down as Fleet Tug (AT-96) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 22 June 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Arikara (AT-98), 5 January 1944, LT. John Aitken, USN in command
  • During World War II Arikara was first assigned to the European Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, March to 19 June 1945
    Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944 .

  • Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-98), 15 May 1944
  • During the Korean War Arikara participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    2 July to 12 September 1950
    18 September to 2 November 1950     		Second Korean Winter
    4 to 24 February 1952
    14 March to 3 April 1952
    15 to 17 April 1952
    Communist China Aggression
    3 November to 30 December 1950     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    7 May to 6 June 1952
    26 June to 12 July 1952
    20 July to 7 August 1952
    Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950     		.

  • During the Vietnam War Arikara participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    28 August to 3 September1966
    18 September to 24 October 1966
    31 October 1966
    18 November to 31 December 1966     		Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970I
    1 November to 7 December 1969
    Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
    17 August to 22 September 1969
    9 to 14 and 17 to 31 October 1969     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    31 December 1970

  • Decommissioned, 1 July 1971 and transferred under the Security Assistance Program to Chile, renamed, Sargento Aledea (ATF-63)
  • Current Disposition, serving in the Chilean Navy
  • Arikara earned three battle stars for World War II service, five battle stars for the Korean War service and four campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,205 t.(lt) 1,589 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16.5 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 Alco 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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    Arikara 71k Arikara (ATF-98) moored, circa 1957, location unknown Photo by James Bellew, Submitted by Carl C Murdock to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Arikara 55k Arikara (ATF-98) exchanging movies at sea by highline with Lipan (ATF-85). Note Arikara is pulling a tow Submitted by Bill Derouin to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Arikara 36k Arikara (ATF-98) and Bolster (ARS-38) moored, location unknown, circa 1957 Submitted by Bob Hall to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Arikara 31k Arikara (ATF-98) underway, date and location unknown. Photo by Elsirac Enterprises, Submitted by Emmett Firmin to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Arikara 76k Arikara (ATF-98) underway, location unknown, circa 1954. Ed Middleton USS Arikara 1946
    Sargento Aledea (ATF-63)
    Arikara 40k Ex-Arikara (ATF-98) in Chilean service as Sargento Aledea (ATF-63), date and location unknown. Thomas Lawson
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