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USS Papago (ATF-160)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Alpha - Papa NPAP

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (3-Cuba) - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic)

Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:

Laid down, 19 March 1945, at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 21 June 1945

Commissioned USS Papago (ATF-160), 3 October 1945. LT. W. S. Hall in command

Decommissioned, 28 July 1992

Struck from the Naval Register, 14 February 1995

Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 29 December 1997

Laid up at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, (as of June 2010)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,205 t.(lt) 1,646 t.(fl)
Length 205'
Beam 39'
Draft 17' (max)
Speed 16 kts.
Complement

Officers 8

Enlisted 68
Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

two single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion

four General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw, 3,600shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
148k	*USS Papago* (ATF-160)** underway, circa 1954, location unknown. US National Archives photo # 80-G-646417, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Daniel Treadwell
303k	*USS Papago* (ATF-160)** underway at sea in April 1955, location unknown.	Alan Owens
98k	*USS Papago* (ATF-160)** underway, circa 1969	Submitted by Rich Paxton to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
66k	*USS Papago* (ATF-160)** in Chesapeake Bay, during a savage training exercise, date unknown.	Tudor ApMadoc web site
83k	*USS Papago* (ATF-160)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Rick Watson, Storekeeper USS Papago 1982-83
97k	*USS Paiute* (ATF-159), USS Papago (ATF-160) and USS Recovery (ARS-43) in storage near Portsmouth, VA., 18 October 1994. In the back of the basin are two patrol missile hydrofoil patrol boats of the Pegasus class, three ocean minesweepers, USS Fortify (MSO-446)** and two others. DVIC Photo DNSC9501404	Don S. Montgomery, Defense Visual Information Center

USS Papago (ATF-160)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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Last Updated 13 August 2010