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USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Bravo - Kilo
 NVBK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3)
Bottom Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (3-Op. Restore Hope, Somalia) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean)
Powhatan Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 5 May 1977, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.
  • Launched, 12 May 1979
  • Delivered to the Navy, 9 November 1979
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), and placed in service as USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167)
  • Placed out of service, 18 October 1999, assigned to inactive reserve
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 2002
  • Transferred, 2 August 2002, to NAVAIR for service as tow/service vessel
  • Leased through Naval Sea Systems Command (Supervisor of Salvage), for commercial service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,387 t.(lt) 2,000 t.(fl)
    Length 226'
    Beam 42'
    Draft 15' (max)
    Speed 14.5 kts.
    Complement 16 civilians, 4 navy (communications unit)
    Propulsion two GM EMD 20-645F7B diesels (5.73 MW sustained), two shafts, bow thruster, 300hp (224KW)
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    Narragansett 60k USNS Narragansett (T-AF-167) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Narragansett 317k Crewmen and representatives from Eastport International prepare to deploy the unmanned submersible Deep Drone, 17 September 1983, from USNS Narragansett (T-AF-167) as the salvage ship USS Conserver (ARS-39) stands off nearby during the salvage operations for the downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL-007). The commercial jet was shot down by Soviet aircraft over Sakhalin Island on August 30, 1983 in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crewmen were killed.
    DVIC photo # DN-ST-89-02927 by PH1 Barbante, USN, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Tripoli 297k Ex-USS Tripoli (LPH-10) under tow by Ex-USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167) outbound for sea south of Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, 1 May 2008. CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
    Tripoli 1098k Ex-USS Tripoli (LPH-10) under tow by Ex-USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167) outbound for sea south of Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, 1 May 2008. CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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