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Scuttled off Corregidor to prevent capture, 9 April 1942
USS Napa (AT-32) ex
USS Napa (Fleet Tug # 32) (1919 - 1920)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Defense Medal
Personnel Awards
Navy Cross (LCDR. Nathanial Minter Dial, ENS. Peroneau Brown Wingo)
Algorma Class Fleet Tug:
Originally assigned the name Yucca
Laid down as Napa, 5 March 1919, at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
Launched, 24 July 1919
Commissioned USS Napa (Fleet Tug No. 32), 5 December 1919, LT. W. R. Giddens in command
Designated Fleet Tug AT-32, 17 July 1920
Decommissioned, 7 June 1929, at Olongapo, P.I.
Recommissioned, 15 August 1939 at NavSta Cavite, P.I.
During World War II USS Napa was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
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| Philippine Islands operation, 8 December 1941 to 9 April 1942
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Final Disposition, scuttled by her crew off Corregidor Island P.I., 9 April 1942
USS Napa was awarded one battle star for World War II service.
Specifications:
Displacement 845 t.(lt) 998 t.(fl)
Length 157' 8"
Beam 30' 8"
Draft 14' 7"
Speed 12.8 kts.
Complement
Officers 5
Enlisted 56
Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
Armament
two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
one machine gun
Fuel Capacity 2,050 Bbls.
Propulsion
one vertical triple expansion steam engine
two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers 200psi Sat°
two turbo-drive 25Kw 120V D.C. Ships' service generators
single propeller, 1,800shp
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USS Napa (AD-32) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
Wayne Osborne for his father, J. D. Osborne, USS Napa and WW II POW |
USS Napa (AT-32) 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
This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
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Last Updated 20 July 2012
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