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USNS Apache (T-ATF-172)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Golf - Papa
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Bottom Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (4)
Powhatan Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 22 March 1979, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.
  • Launched, 28 March 1981
  • Delivered to the Navy, 23 July 1981
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), and placed in service as USNS Apache (T-ATF-172)
  • USNS Apache is currently attached to MSC Atlantic
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,387 t.(lt) 2,000 t.(fl)
    Length 218'
    Beam 42'
    Draft 15' (max)
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 16 civilians, 4 navy (communications unit)
    Armament none
    Propulsion two GM EMD 20-645F7B diesels (5.73 MW sustained), two shafts, Kort nozzles, CP props, bow thruster, 300hp (224KW)
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    Apache 160k USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Apache 69k USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Apache 79k USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) departing Valletta Port, Malta, 31 January 2002 Photo by Anthony Vella, of Senglea, Malta.
    Apache 91k USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) moored pierside at Marseille, France, 31 July 1999. Photo Guy Schaeffer from the Collection Paolo Marsan
    Apache 153k USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) moored pierside at US Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 David Buell
    Apache 493k USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) fitted with submarine rescue equipment at Stavanger, Norway, before participating in Exercise Bold Monarch 2008.
    US Navy Military Sealift Command photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Nassau 1812k USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) with Ex-USS Nassau (LHA-4) on tow, 13 April 2011, in Hampton Roads enroute to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX. Group. Photo by Danny Mason USS Nassau
    Apache 1046k USNS Apache (T-ATF-172) anchored in the Patuxent River off Solomons Island, MD., for Navy diver training.
    US Navy photo # 120911-N-RU135-004 SOLOMONS ISLAND, Md. (Sept. 11, 2012) by Meghan Patrick    		 Lee Wahler
    USNS Apache (T-ATF-172)
    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
    US Navy Fact File - Fleet Ocean Tugs - T-ATF
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    Last Updated 19 October 2012