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USS Keosanqua (ATO-38)
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 USS Keosanqua (AT-38) (1920 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Xray - Charlie
 NEXC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor) - American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Allegheny Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down at Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Port Richmond, N.Y.
  • Launched, 26 February 1920
  • Commissioned USS Keosanqua (AT-38), 9 December 1920, at New York Navy Yard, LTjg. G. F. Coulson in command
  • Decommissioned and laid up in reserve at Pearl Harbor, 8 June 1922
  • Recommissioned, 1 July 1934, at Pearl Harbor, LTjg. H. O. Parish in command
  • During World War II USS Keosanqua was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Pearl Harbor - Midway operation, 7 December 1941

  • Reclassified Fleet Tug Old (ATO-38), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned, 6 May 1946, at Seattle, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 7 February 1947
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 11 July 1947
  • Sold in 1948 to Pacific Coyle Navigation, Vancouver, B.C., renamed Edward J. Coyle
  • Renamed Commodore Strait in 1960
  • USS Keosanqua earned one battle star for World War II service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 969 t.(fl)
    Length 156' 8"
    Beam 30' 2"
    Draft 14' 7"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 61
    Armament 2 3" gun mounts
    Propulsion system unknown
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    USS Keosanqua (AT-38)
    Keosanqua 40k USS Keosanqua (AT-38) underway, circa 1930s at Pearl Harbor, T.H. Submitted by Craig Rothhammer to National
    Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Commercial Service
    Keosanqua 69k Ex-USS Keosanqua (AT-38) in commercial service as the Pacific Coyle Navigation Co. tug Edward J. Coyle underway, date and place unknown. Patricia (Coyle) McDonough
    Keosanqua 88k Pen and ink drawing of ex-Keosanqua (AT-38) in commercial service as the Pacific Coyle Navigation Co. tug Edward J. Coyle underway, date unknown. Patricia (Coyle) McDonough
    USS Keosanqua (AT-38 / ATO-38)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    LTjg. Coulson, G. F.09.12.1920 - 08.06.1922
    Decommissioned08.06.1922 - 01.07.1934
    LTjg. Parish, H. O.01.07.1934 - ?
    LT. Ayers, Truman Earl1938 - ?
    LCDR. Boltz, Philip M. ? - 1939
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    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 25 May 2012