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USS Acushnet (ATO-63)
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 USS Acushnet (AT-63) (1936 - 1944)
 USCGC Acushnet (1919 - 1936)
 USS Acushnet (1918 - 1919)
 USRC Acushnet (1908 - 1918)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Delta - Bravo
 NADB


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal;
Bottom Row - American Defense Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Acushnet Class Revenue Cutter/Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 16 May 1908
  • Placed in service by the US Revenue Cutter Service as USRC Acushnet
  • Acquired by the US Navy at the outbreak of World War I and commissioned, USS Acushnet
  • Returned to the US Coast Guard, 22 September 1919
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 30 May 1936, at Norfolk, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Commissioned USS Acushnet (AT-63), 1 September 1936, Lt. Percy S. Hogarth in command
  • Redesignated Fleet Tug Old (ATO-63 17 July 1944
  • Decommissioned, 14 December 1945, at the Coast Guard Yard, Berkeley, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 12 December 1946
  • Final Dispostion, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 860 t.
    Length 152'
    Beam 29'
    Draft 18' 9"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 38
    Armament two 1 pdrs
    Propulsion system unknown, single propeller.
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    USCGC Acushnet
    Acushnet 50k USCGC Acushnet underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo ©from Jane's Fighting Ships 1924.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Acushnet (AT-63)
    Acushnet 104k Acushnet (AT-63) at Norfolk Navy Yard, 8 September 1941; the British fleet carrier Illustrious, undergoing repairs looms in the background. Also visible are covered lighter YF-244 and the open lighter YC-265.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25509, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Acushnet 119k Acushnet (AT-63) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1946.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    USS Acushnet (AT-63)
    DANFS history entry located on 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
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - Acushnet 1908
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    Last Updated 1 February 2008