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USS Serrano (AGS-24)
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 USS Serrano (ATF-112) (1944 - 1960)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Alpha - Oscar
 NXAO
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 3-4 March 1967)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Quemoy-Matsu) - Vietnam Service Medal (4)- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 6 March 1943, as Fleet Tug (AT-112), at United Engineers and Drydock Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 24 July1943
  • Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-112), 15 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Serrano (ATF-112), 22 September 1944, LCDR. George E. Cook in command
  • During World War II USS Serrano was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaigns and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 to 30 June 1945

  • Decommissioned, 31 May 1950, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group
  • Reactivated, reclassified and converted to a Survey Ship in early 1960
  • Recommissioned USS Serrano (AGS-24), 30 June 1960, at San Diego, CA.
  • During the Vietnam War USS Serrano participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Defense
    22 to 24 December1965
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase II
    30 January to 31 May 1967
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive
    25 to 27 December1965
    6 to 14 January 1966
    30 January to 23 February 1966
    6 March to 11 April 1966
    18 April to 10 May 1966    		 Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase III
    1 June to 28 August 1967

  • Decommissioned, 2 January 1970
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 2 January 1970
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 2 November 1971, to Tai-Kian Industry Co., Taiwan
  • USS Serrate earned one battle star for World War II service and four campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    ATF Specifications:
    Displacement 1,330 t.(lt) 1,646 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 85
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    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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    USS Serrano (ATF-112)
    Serrano 64k USS Serrano (ATF-112) moored pierside at Nagoya Japan, circa 1946. Submitted by Jeffrey C. Cummins for his Grandfather, Leon R. Cummins S1/c USS Serrano
    USS Serrano (AGS-24)
    Serrano 62k USS Serrano (AGS-24) underway, date and location unknown. Submitted by John Simpson
    to NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Serrano 77k USS Serrano (AGS-24) at Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1967 Terry Gann
    Serrano 94k USS Serrano (AGS-24) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Serrano 27k USS Serrano (AGS-24) at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo by Chuck Lewis BM3 USN Terry Gann
    Serrano 59k USS Serrano (AGS-24) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
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