Fleet Tug (ATF)

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AT-111 / ATF-111 Sarsi

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 25 January 1943, as Sarsi (AT-111) at United Engineers and Drydock Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 12 June 1943
  • Reclassified as Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-111), 15 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Sarsi (ATF-111), 24 June 1944
  • Final Disposition, Lost, 27 August 1952, from a mine explosion off the Korean coast between Wonsan and Hungnam
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sarsi earned two campaign stars for her service during the Korean Conflict
    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 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
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    Sarsi 23k Sarsi (ATF-111) underway, date and place unknown. Submitted by Tom Wilbeck
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    Sarsi 24k Sarsi (ATF-111) underway, date and place unknown. Submitted by Tom Wilbeck
    to NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
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