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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Chowanoc (ATF-100)
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USS Chowanoc (AT-100) (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Whiskey - Charlie NUWC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (1) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Frequent Wind, 1-Mayaquez Op.)
Fourth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (7) - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Frequent Wind) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS Chowanoc (ATF-100) was transferred to Ecuador and renamed BAE Chimborazo (RA-70)

Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:

Laid down, date unknown, at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 20 August 1943

Commissioned USS Chowanoc (AT-100), 21 February 1944, LT. R. F. Snipes in command

Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-100), 15 May 1944

During WWII USS Chowanoc was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 3 to 10 August 1944 Capture and occupation of Guam, 3 to 15 August 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 18 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 to 22 November 1944	3d Fleet operations against Japan, July 1945

During the Korean War USS Chowanoc participated in the following campaign:

**Korean War Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Korean, Summer-Fall 1953 Defense Summer-Fall 1952 1to 3 May 1953 13 to 16 and 19 June 1953 9 and 11 to 22 July 1953

During the Vietnam War USS Chowanoc participated in the following campaign:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 9 to 12 April 1966	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 18 September to 11 October 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 28 July to 1 August 1966	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 19 to 29 November 1969 5 to 7 December 1969 20 December 1969 to 8 January 1970 9 to 18 April 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 8 to 10 October 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 19 to 22 May 1971 7 to 23 January 1973 21 February to 21 March 1973
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 10 to 17 November 1968 29 November to 5 December 1968 12 December 1968 to 11 January 1969	.

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1977

Final Disposition, transferred, cash sale, under the Security Assistance Program to Ecuador, 1 October 1977, renamed BAE Chimborazo (RA-70), fate unknown

USS Chowanoc earned the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, 6 January to 15 February 1945, and four battle stars for World War II service, one battle star for the Korean War Service and seven 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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Chowanoc (ATF-100)
	46k	*USS Chowanoc* (ATF-100)** underway date and location unknown.	Submitted by Doug Lindsey to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
	42k	*USS Chowanoc* (ATF-100)** underway off San Diego, circa February 1957	Submitted by Rodger Dana to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
	45k	*USS Chowanoc* (ATF-100)** underway off San Diego, circa February 1957	Submitted by Rodger Dana to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
	50k	*USS Chowanoc* (ATF-100)** underway date and location unknown.	Submitted by Carl Robinson, photo taken by his father Robert L. Robinson HMC USN
	52k	*USS Chowanoc* (ATF-100)** underway date and location unknown.	Submitted by Carl Robinson, photo taken by his father Robert L. Robinson HMC USN
	28k	*USS Chowanoc* (ATF-100)** underway date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
	28k	USS Chowanoc (ATF-100) underway in Alaskan waters in 1962.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
BAE Chimborazo (RA-70)
	19k	Ex *USS Chowanoc* (ATF-100) in Ecuadoran Naval service as BAE Chimborazo (RA-70)**	Submitted by Rodger Dana to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors