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Fleet Tug No. 24 / AT-24 / ATO-24 Kewaydin

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)- World War II Victory Medal
Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Ferguson Steel &Iron Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Launched, 25 June1919
  • Commissioned USS Kewaydin (Fleet Tug No. 24), 4 November 1919
  • Redesignated Fleet Tug (AT-24), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified, Fleet Tug Old, (ATO-24), 14 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 10 December 1945, at San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold 23 December 1945 to Bay Cities Transportation Co., San Francisco, CA., fate unknown
  • Kewaydin received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 751 t.(lt) 1,000 t.(fl)
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14' 7"
    Speed 12.4 kts.
    Complement 35
    Armament two 3"/50, two machine guns
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Kewaydin 114k Kewaydin (AT-24) with other ships at Pier 7, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, VA, 19 October 1937. Ships present include: Yorktown (CV-5) far side of pier, Texas (BB-35) and destroyers Decatur (DD-341), and Jacob Jones (DD-130). Note automobiles parked in the foreground.
    US National Archives photo # 80-CF-2115-11 a US Navy photo from now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Kewaydin 104k Kewaydin (ATO-24) with a target sled in tow, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    View the Kewaydin (AT-24 /ATO-24)
    DANFS history entry located at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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