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AT-114 / ATF-114 Tawakoni


USS Tawakoni (ATF-114) was transferred to Taiwan and renamed Ta Mo (A553)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (6 April 1945) - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Taiwan Straits, 2-Quemoy-Matsu, 1-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (4)
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, 19 May 1943 as Fleet Tug (AT-114) at United Engineering Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched, 23 October 1943
  • Reclassified as Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-114), 15 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Tawakoni (ATF-114), 16 September 1944, LCDR. Clarence L. Foushee in command
  • During World War II Tawakoni (ATF-114) participated in the following campaigns:
    Iwo Jima operation
    19 February to 10 March 1945
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    1 April to 1 July1945

  • During the Korean War Tawakoni (ATF-114) participated in the following campaigns:
    Communist China Aggression
    15 November 1950 to 5 January 1951
    First UN Counter Offensive
    17 to 20 February 1951
    31 March 1951
    13 to 21 April 1951
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    22 April to 5 May 1951
  • During the Vietnam War Tawakoni (ATF-114) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    13 November to 23 December 1968
    13 to 24 January 1969
    8 to 13 February 1969
    17 to 22 February 1969
    Tet 69/Counteroffensive
    23 February 1969
    Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
    21 to 24 March 1970
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1978
  • Sold, to Taiwan, 1 June 1978, under the Security Assistance Program, renamed Ta Mo (A553)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Tawakoni received two battle stars for World War II service, three for her Korean service and four campaign stars for duty in Vietnam
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,330 t.(lt) 1,646 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 17' (max)
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 8 Officers, 68 Enlisted
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm 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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    Tawakoni 26k Tawakoni (ATF-114) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Naval Sea Systems Command Web Site
    Tawakoni 41k Tawakoni (ATF-114) rigging up to lay beach gear, Pearl Harbor, 1958 Submitted by George Bauer
    to NAFTS
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    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    St. Louis 78k Tawakoni (ATF-114) and St. Louis (LKA-116) moored pierside at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, circa 1972. Photo by Patrick Doyle, 9th Motor Transport Bn, 4th Marines
    Ta Mo (A553)
    Tawakoni 46k ex Tawakoni (ATF-114) in Taiwanese service as Ta Mo (A553) .
    Tawakoni 39k ex Tawakoni (ATF-114) in Taiwanese service as Ta Mo (A553) .
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