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IX-56
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 USS Navajo (AT-52) (1920 - 1942)
 USS Navajo (Fleet Tug No. 52) (1908 - 1920)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - November - Juliet
 NDNJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal (with Armed Guard clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Built in 1907 at Neafie-Levy Philadelphia, PA..
  • Acquired by the Navy, 21 November 1907
  • Commissioned, USS Navajo, 18 March 1908
  • Designated (AT-52), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 24 April 1937
  • Restored to the Naval Register, 14 January 1942
  • Placed in service as IX-56, 15 March 1942
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 9 February 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Commercial Equipment Co. 23 November 1948
    Specifications:
    Displacement 800 t.
    Length 141' 4"
    Beam 27' 6"
    Draft 14' 1"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    Challenge 84k Salvage of USS F-4 (SS-23), April-August 1915. Salvage pontoons on the surface, off Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 29 August 1915, after the final lifting of the sunken submarine in preparation for towing her into Honolulu harbor. Note wooden protective sheathing around the pontoons. Salvage equipment was devised by Naval Constructor Julius A. Furer. The tug at right is probably USS Navajo.
    US Navy photo # NH 74732 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972.    		 Robert Hurst
    Challenge 104k Salvage of USS F-4 (SS-23), April-August 1915. All salvage pontoons on the surface, off Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 29 August 1915, with preparations under way to tow the sunken submarine into Honolulu harbor. The tug at right is probably USS Navajo.
    US Navy photo # NH 43499 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Halftone photograph, copied from "Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers", Volume 24, 1916, Figure 13.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the USS Navajo (AT-52) / IX-56
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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