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Chatot (ATA-167)
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 Chatot (AT-167) (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Quebec - November
 NFQN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Chatot Class Fleet Tug:
  • Built in 1919 as the seagoing tug Buttercup (U.S. No. 218243) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Elizabeth, N.J. for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) and operated by Ford Motor Company on the Great Lakes
  • Purchased by the Navy and renamed Chatot
  • Converted for Naval service at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Placed in service as Chatot (AT-167), 3 November 1943
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-167, 15 May 1944
  • Place out of service, 9 February 1945
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal
  • Struck form the Naval Register, 10 March 1945
  • Final Disposition, transferred to USSR, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 144 t.(Gross), 234 t.(Net)
    Length 142'
    Beam 27.7'
    Draft 14.8'
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion triple expansion engine 17"x25"x34"x20" Stroke by Bethlehem Shipyard Company 1919
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    AT-167 66k Starboard bow view of Chatot (AT-167) off San Francisco shortly after being placed in service. 31 January 1944
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 743-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    AT-167 84k Broadside view of Chatot (AT-167) off San Francisco shortly after being placed in service. 31 January 1944
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 744-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    AT-167 99k Starboard quarter view of Chatot (AT-167) off San Francisco shortly after being placed in service. 31 January 1944
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. 19-N-71209, courtesy Shipscribe.com..    		 Mike Green
    AT-167 72k Bow on view of Chatot (AT-167) off San Francisco shortly after being placed in service. 31 January 1944. San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge is in background.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 741-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    AT-167 52k Stern view of Chatot (AT-167) off San Francisco shortly after being placed in service. 31 January 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 742-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    Chatot (AT/ATA-167)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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