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USS Hitchiti (ATF-103)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Uniform - Bravo NWUB

USS Hitchiti (ATF-103) was transferred to Mexico

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (3)
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Taiwan Straits, 3-Quemoy-Matsu, 1-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (3) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
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 & Drydock Co., Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 29 January 1944

Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-103), 15 May 1944

Commissioned USS Hitchiti (ATF-103), 27 May 1944, LT. H. A. Guthrie in command

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

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Leyte operation Leyte landings, October and November 1944

Decommissioned, 30 April 1948, at San Francisco, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group

Recommissioned, 3 January 1951, at Alameda, CA.

During the Vietnam War USS Hitchiti was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam Defense 7 to 20 December 1965	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 9 June to 7 July 1967 23 to 26 July 1967 20 to 25 August 1967
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 7 February to 22 March 1966	.

Decommissioned, date unknown

Transferred, cash sale, under the Security Assistance Program to Mexico, 1 September 1976, fate unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1978

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS Hitchiti received one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 1,240 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
29k	*USS Hitchiti* (ATF-103)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Herbert Jordan to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
47k	*USS Hitchiti* (ATF-103)** underway, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Rich Amundson to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
113k	*USS Hitchiti* (ATF-103)** Bridge crew at Pearl Harbor in 1947. Left to right; H.Jordan QMS3/c, Sprinkle S2/c, Levandowski QM1/c.	Submitted by H.C.Jordan QMS3c USS Hitchiti
208k	*USS Hitchiti* (ATF-103)** moored pierside, at Adak, AK, date unknown.	Tom Kermen
534k	*USS Hitchiti* (ATF-103)** moored at Hospital Point, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, November 1968.	©Richard Leonhardt

View the USS Hitchiti (ATF-103)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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Last Updated 26 February 2010