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USS Kalmia (ATO-23)
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 USS Kalmia (AT-23) (1920 - 1944)
 USS Kalmia (Fleet Tug No. 23) (1919 - 1920)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Zulu - Sierra
 NAZS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 23 August 1918, at Ferguson Steel & Iron Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Launched, 26 August 1919
  • Commissioned USS Kalmia (Fleet Tug No. 23), 18 November 1919
  • Redesignated Fleet Tug (AT-24), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified, Fleet Tug Old, (ATO-24), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 15 May 1946, at San Pedro, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold 21 January 1947 to Bay Cities Transportation Co., San Francisco, CA., fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 751 t.(lt) 1,000 t.(fl)
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14' 7"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 44
    Armament one machine guns
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Kalmia 66k USS Kalmia moored dockside, date and location unknown.
    Photo from the book "U.S. Warships of World War 1", courtesy Paul H. Silverstone    		 Robert Hurst
    Kalmia 77k USS Kalmia (AT-23) with L-1 (SS-40) tied up alongside at Lewes, DE., 5 February 1921. L-1's after ballast tanks have been partially filled, raising her bow.
    US Navy photo # NH 51164 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 Mike Green
    Kalmia 91k USS Kalmia (AT-23) moored pierside at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 3 June 1926.
    US Navy photo # NH 52220 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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