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Fleet Tug No 27 / AT-27 / ATO-27 Tatnuck

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 3 December 1918, as Iosco at Puget Sound Navy Yard
  • Launched, 21 February 1919
  • Renamed Tatnuck, 24 February 1919
  • Commissioned USS Tatnuck (Fleet Tug No. 27), 26 July 1919, LTjg. Christian Christensen in command.
  • Designated Fleet Tug (AT-27), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified, Fleet Tug Old (ATO-27), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 12 September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 29 October 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission at Mare Island, CA., for disposal, 26 April 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold, 26 April 1947 to Puget Sound Tug and Barge Co.Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,000 t.
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 30' 0"
    Draft 14' 7"
    Speed 13.0 kts.
    Complement 44
    Armament one machine gun
    Propulsion single screw
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    Tatnuck 56k Tatnuck (AT-27) underway, circa 1930, place unknown. Submitted by Robert Christensen
    provided by his father Roland Christensen in honor his father
    LTjg Christian Christensen USN, CO USS Tatnuck, 26 July 1919
    Tatnuck 45k Tatnuck (AT-27) underway off Bremerton, WA., circa 1941.
    Puget Sound Navy Yard photo # 1557041, now in the collections of NARA Seattle.    		 Tracy White
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    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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