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USS Chetco (ATA-166)
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 USS Chetco (AT-166) (1922 - 1937)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Mike - Foxtrot
 NFMF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Fleet Tug:
  • Built, 1919 as the civilian tug Barryton by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Elizabeth, N.J. for the (USSB) United States Shipping Board
  • Acquired by the Moran Towing Co., In 1942, renamed Thomas E. Moran
  • Purchased by the Navy, 13 September 1943
  • Converted for Naval Service at Boland Machine Co., New Orleans, LA.
  • Commissioned USS Chetco (AT-166), 24 September 1943. LTjg. Ronald Eugene Gill in command
  • Reclassified, Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-166), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 14 June 1946 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 18 June 1945
  • Acquired by Moran Towing Co. in 1947, renamed Neptune
  • Final Disposition, involved in a collision and sank in 1948
  • USS Chetco received two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 437 t.(lt) 1500 t.(fl)
    Length 150'
    Beam 27' 7"
    Draft 15'
    Speed 12.5 kts
    Complement
    Officers 3
    Enlisted 44
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 1,245 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Faribanks Morse Diesel electric engine
    Ship's Service Generators
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
    one Diesel-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.
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    Tillamook 100k Chetco (ATA-166) probably returning to San Francisco from the western Pacific in December 1945.
    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 83821.    		 Mike Green
    USS Chetco (AT-166 / ATA-166)
    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
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    Last Updated 10 February 2012