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AT-38 / ATO-38 Keosanqua

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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - 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
  • 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
    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 Keosanqua (AT-38) underway, date and place unknown. Submitted by Craig Rothhammer to National
    Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Commercial Service
    Keosanqua 69k Ex-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
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    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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