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USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Oscar - Yankee - Kilo
 NOYK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal
Powhatan Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 14 December 1977, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.
  • Launched, 20 December 1979
  • Delivered to the Navy, 13 June 1980; Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)
  • Placed out of service, 1 October 2016, at Pearl Harbor
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,387 t.(lt) 2,000 t.(fl)
    Length 226'
    Beam 42'
    Draft 15' (max)
    Speed 14.5 kts.
    Complement
    16 Civilians
    4 Navy (communications unit)
    Propulsion
    two GMC EMD 20-645F7B Diesel engines (5.73 MW sustained)
    two shafts, controllable reversible pitch propellers mounted in Kort nozzles, 7,200shp
    bow thruster, 300hp (224KW)
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    Navajo 256k Overhead view of USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) under way possibly during builders trials circa May 1980 in the Great Lakes.
    US Navy photo from "Mud, Muscles and Miracles", by CAPT. Charles A. Bartholomew, USN and CDR, William I. Milwee, Jr., USN (Ret.)    		 National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Navajo 69k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) under way off Naval Base Coronado, NAS North Island, San Diego, CA, note USS Ranger (CV-61) in the background
    US Navy photo    		 National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Navajo 398k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) under way, 1 October 1981, location unknown.
    DODMedia photo # DN-SC-86-02393, a US Navy photo now in the collections of DoDMedia    		 Robert Hurst
    Navajo 104k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) cuts through the waters off the coast of southern California, 10 September 1997.
    US Navy photo # 970910-N-0000U-015.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Navajo 308k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) towing Floating Instrument Platform (R/P FLIP) into San Diego harbor. late August 2003. RP FLIP a very large specialized buoy owned by the Navy and operated by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
    US Navy/ Military Sealift Command photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Navajo 218k U.S. Navy divers from Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Detachment One and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Three depart USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) at San Diego, 7 February 2006. Navajo is currently off the coast of San Diego conducting routine training.
    US Navy photo # 060207-N-8629M-222 San Diego (7 February 2006) by PH3 Rebecca J. Moat    		 Robert Hurst
    Belleau Wood 67k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) tows ex-Belleau Wood (LHA-3) out of Pearl Harbor to open waters off Hawaii for an upcoming sinking exercise (SINKEX) as part of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. Belleau Wood will become an artificial reef near Hawaii. Eight nations are participating in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.
    US Navy photo # 060710-N-9288T-041 by MC2 Brandon A. Teeples.    		 Tony Cowart
    Belleau Wood 62k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) tows ex-Belleau Wood (LHA-3) out of Pearl Harbor to open waters off Hawaii for an upcoming sinking exercise (SINKEX) as part of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. Belleau Wood will become an artificial reef near Hawaii..
    US Navy photo # 060710-N-9288T-053 by MC2 Brandon A. Teeples.    		 Lee Wahler
    Belleau Wood 444k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) tows the decommissioned USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) from pier side in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 10 July 2006, out to open waters for an upcoming sink exercise (SINKEX) as part of exercise Rim of the Pacific 2006. Belleau Wood will become an artificial reef near Hawaii..
    US Navy photo # 060710-N-9288T-048 by MC2 Brandon A. Teeples.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Belleau Wood 75k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) tows ex-Belleau Wood (LHA-3) out of Pearl Harbor to open waters off Hawaii for an upcoming sinking exercise (SINKEX) as part of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060710-N-8629M-005 by MC2 Rebecca J. Moat.    		 Tony Cowart
    Jouett 186k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) with ex-Jouett (DLG/CG-29) under tow, January 29, 2007, in San Francisco Bay while outbound to sea. Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
    Navajo 54k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) at anchor, 24 March 2008, just west of Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Navajo was awaiting the flat tow USNS Kilauea (T-AE-26) and heading outbound to sea. Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
    Navajo 149k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) underway, 24 March 2008, with flat tow USNS Kilauea (T-AE-26) outbound to sea. Charles Tompkins
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    Navajo 177k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, Ca., 2008. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Navajo 283k Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving & Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 Co 1/8, embarked aboard USNS Navajo (T-ATF 169), participate in Indian Salvex, 12 November 2009. The exercise is a bilateral diving exercise off the coast of Hawaii with Indian navy divers.>
    US Navy photo # 091112-N-1183D-046 (November 12 2009) by CWO Randy Duncan, USN    		 Robert Hurst
    Anchorage 2147k The decommissioned Ex-USS Anchorage (LSD 36) is towed to sea, 15 July 2010, by USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) for a (RIMPAC) 2010 sinking exercise. Ex-USS Anchorage was sunk by Maverick missiles fired by aircraft from VP-4 and VP-40. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multinational interoperability
    US Navy photo # 100715-N-8539M-468 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (July 15, 2010) by MC2 N. Brett Morton.    		  
    Navajo 203k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) moored at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, 5 April 2011. Photos by Michael Goughan
    Navajo 186k
    Navajo 169k
    Fresno 189k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) towing ex-USS Fresno (LST-1182) out of Pearl Harbor, 23 August 2014, enroute to be sunk as a target off Guam. Captain Wade Armstrong, Pearl Harbor Pilots
    Navajo 153k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) moored at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 8 April 2015. Note ex-navy tug Hoga (YT-146) to the left of Navajo
    Photo # MINSY 040815-1-8.    		 Darryl Baker
    Navajo 475k Hoga (YT-146), USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) and USNS Montford Point (T-ESD-1) moored at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 8 April 2015.
    Photo # MINSY 040815-1-7.    		 Darryl Baker
    Navajo 1805k USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) passes the USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) in the San Diego Bay.
    US Navy Photo # 150914-N-FT110-062 SAN DIEGO (Sep. 14, 2015) by MC3 Class D'Andre L. Roden.    		 Lee Wahler
    USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    US Navy Fact File - Fleet Ocean Tugs - T-ATF
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