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AT-100 / ATF-100 Chowanoc


USS Chowanoc (ATF-100) was transferred to Ecuador and renamed RA-70
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (1)
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Frequent Wind, 1-Mayaquez Op.) - Vietnam Service Medal (7) - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Frequent Wind)
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 (date unknown) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 20 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS Chowanoc (AT-100)
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-100), 15 May 1944
  • 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, redesignated RA-70, fate unknown
  • Chowanoc received four battle stars for World War II service and one for the Korean war
    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 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm guns
    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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    Chowanoc 46k Chowanoc (ATF-100) underway date and place unknown. Submitted by Doug Lindsey to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Chowanoc 42k Chowanoc (ATF-100) underway off San Diego, circa February 1957 Submitted by Rodger Dana to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Chowanoc 45k Chowanoc (ATF-100) underway off San Diego, circa February 1957 Submitted by Rodger Dana to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Chowanoc 50k Chowanoc (ATF-100) underway date and place unknown. Submitted by Carl Robinson, photo taken by his father Robert L. Robinson HMC USN
    Chowanoc 52k Chowanoc (ATF-100) underway date and place unknown. Submitted by Carl Robinson, photo taken by his father Robert L. Robinson HMC USN
    Chowanoc 28k Chowanoc (ATF-100) underway date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Chowanoc 28k Chowanoc (ATF-100) underway in Alaskan waters, 1962. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Chowanoc 19k ex Chowanoc (ATF-100) in Ecuadoran Naval service as RA-70 Submitted by Rodger Dana to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
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