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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USNS Sioux (T-ATF-171)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Oscar - Victor
NJOV

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (1) - National Defense Service Medal

Powhatan Class Fleet Ocean Tug:

Laid down, 22 March 1979, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.

Launched, 15 November 1980

Delivered to the Navy, 1 May 1981

Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Sioux (T-ATF-171)

Specifications:
Displacement 1,387 t.(lt) 2,000 t.(fl)
Length 226'
Beam 42'
Draft 15' (max)
Speed 14.5 kts.

Civilian Mariners 16

Navy (Communications Unit) 4

Propulsion

two GMC EMD 20-645F7B Diesel engines (5.73 MW sustained)

two shafts, controllable reversible pitch propellers mounted in Kort nozzles, 7,200shp

bow thruster, 300hp (224KW)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	78k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171)** entering port at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 21 May 1984. US Navy photo	National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
	813k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171)** moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego in August 2008.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	37k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171)** exits Pearl Harbor in October 2012. Photo by CAPT. Wade Armstrong, Pearl Harbor Pilots	Lee Wahler
	108k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171) tows the Royal Canadian Navy replenishment oiler HMCS Protecteur (AOR-509), on 5 March 2014. Protecteur suffered a fire and breakdown 340 nautical miles northeast of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was moving at limited speeds and the U.S. Navy ships USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112), USS Chosin (CG-65) and USNS Sioux (T-ATF-171) were dispatched to assist, with the Sioux later towing Protecteur to Hawaii after Chosin*愀 tow line parted. US Navy photo # 140305-N-IU636-343 PEARL HARBOR (March 5, 2014)* by MC3 Johans Chavarro	Robert Hurst
093917110 140305-N-IU636-612	82k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171) arrives at Pearl Harbor, with the Royal Canadian Navy replenishment oiler HMCS Protecteur (AOR-509)*, in tow on 5-6 March 2014. US Navy photo 140305-N-IU636-612 PEARL HARBOR (March 6, 2014)* by Johans Chavarro and US Air Force photo # 140306-F-AD344-093 PEARL HARBOR (March 6, 2014) by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal	Robert Hurst
093917109 140306-F-AD344-093	132k
	167k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171) tows the Royal Canadian Navy auxiliary oil replenishment ship HMCS Protecteur (AOR-509)** after that ship had experienced an engine fire at sea. US Navy photo # 140306-N-DX698-191 PEARL HARBOR (March 6, 2014) by MC1 Jay M. Chu	Lee Wahler
	177k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171) tows the Royal Canadian Navy replenishment oiler HMCS Protecteur (AOR-509)** into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 6 March 2014. US Navy photo # 140306-N-RI884-071 PEARL HARBOR (March 5, 2014) by MC1 Daniel Barker	Robert Hurst
	218k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171)** under way in San Diego Bay, just past the San Diego - Coronado Bridge, 9 April 2018	Photos by Donald Phillips
	238k		Photos by Donald Phillips
100211418	230k	*USNS Sioux* (T-ATF-171) towing ex- USS Durham (AKA-114)** out of Pearl Harbor and sea to be expended as a target during the RIMPAC 2020 exercise.	CAPT. Wade Armstrong Pearl Harbor Pilots
100211419	228k		CAPT. Wade Armstrong Pearl Harbor Pilots