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USS Chawasha (ATF-151)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Whiskey - Yankee
 NGWY
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)
Cherokee Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down as Chawasha (AT-151) at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-151), 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 15 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS Chawasha (ATF-151), 6 February 1945, LT. H. K. Smith in command
  • During World War II USS Chawasha was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    3rd Fleet operations against Japan, 15 July to 15 August 1945
  • Following World War II USS Chawasha performed Occupation duty in the Far East and Japan
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS Chawasha earned one battle star for World War II service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,240 t.(lt) 1,646 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38'6"
    Draft 15'4"
    Speed 16kts.
    Complement 85
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion four GM 12-278A diesel-electric engines, 750hp each, single screw, 3,000hp.
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    Chawasha 238k Chawasha (ATF-151) fitting out at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C. in January1945. Note Measure 32/17Ax camouflage being applied, and Yard Floating Drydock YFD-15 in the background. Alan Owens, USMM
    Chawasha 38k Chawasha (ATF-151) commissioning crew photo, 7 February 1945, Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C. Ron Williams for CAPT. William Larsson
    Chawasha 15k Chawasha (ATF-151) at Tacloban Philippines, 15 June 1945. Ron Williams for CAPT.n William Larsson
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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