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USS Tenino (ATF-115)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Victor - Alpha
 NWVA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 16 June 1943, as Fleet Tug (AT-115) at United Engineering Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 10 January 1944
  • Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-115), 16 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Tenino (ATF-115), 18 November 1944, LT. Forrest L. Van Camp in command
  • During World War II USS Tenino was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation, April through June 1945
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 20 May to 30 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 17 May 1947 at Orange,TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register in September 1962
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission in September 1962 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Tenino received one battle star for world War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,330 t.(lt) 1,589 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 18' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 85
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    six .50 cal machine guns
    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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    Tenino 31k USS Tenino (ATF-115) underway, date and location unknown. Courtesy Bill Bach and The National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Tenino 571k USS Tenino (ATF-115) underway in San Francisco Bay, circa February 1945. Paul Phipps USS Tenino
    Tenino 64k USS Tenino (ATF-115) underway, date and location unknown. Paul Phipps USS Tenino
    Tenino 43k USS Tenino (ATF-115) moored pierside inboard of an unidentified ATF at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, T.H. Paul Phipps USS Tenino
    Tenino 85k USS Tenino (ATF-115) moored pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, T.H. Paul Phipps USS Tenino
    Tenino 36k USS Tenino (ATF-115) departing Pearl Harbor with an unidentified APL under tow bound for San Diego. It took Tenino 29 days to complete the tow. Paul Phipps USS Tenino
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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