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Scuttled off Corregidor to prevent capture, 8 April 1942

USS Napa (AT-32)
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 USS Napa (Fleet Tug # 32) (1919 - 1920)


1927-International Radio Call Sign:
Negative - Easy - Vice - Cast
 NEVC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Defense Medal
Personnel Awards

Navy Cross (LCDR. Nathanial Minter Dial, ENS. Peroneau Brown Wingo)
Algorma Class Fleet Tug:
  • Originally assigned the name Yucca, 7 February 1919
  • Renamed Napa, 24 February 1919
  • Laid down, 5 March 1919, at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Launched, 24 July 1919
  • Commissioned USS Napa (Fleet Tug No. 32), 5 December 1919, LT. William R. Giddens in command
  • Designated Fleet Tug AT-32, 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 7 June 1929, at Olongapo, P.I.
  • Recommissioned, 15 August 1939 at NavSta Cavite, P.I., CHBOSN. William O. Talley, in command
  • During World War II USS Napa was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Philippine Islands operation, 8 December 1941 to 8 April 1942

  • Final Disposition, grounded, 4 April 1942 and scuttled by her crew off Corregidor Island P.I., 8 April 1942
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1942
  • USS Napa earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 845 t.(lt) 998 t.(fl)
    Length 157' 8"
    Beam 30' 8"
    Draft 14' 7"
    Speed 12.8 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 56
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
    Armament
    two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    one machine gun
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 2,050 Bbls.
    Propulsion
    one vertical triple expansion steam engine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers 200psi Sat°
    two turbo-drive 25Kw 120V D.C. Ships' service generators
    single propeller, 1,800shp
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    Pinola
    094703306    		 337k Pinola (Fleet Tug No. 33) moored with USS Napa (Fleet Tug No. 32) while fitting out, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 17 December 1919.
    US Navy photo from the Puget Sound Navy Museum    		 Mike Green
    Napa 67k USS Napa (AT-32) at anchor, date and location unknown. Wayne Osborne for his father, J. D. Osborne, USS Napa and WW II POW
    Napa
    094703203    		 157k USS Napa (AT-32), circa 1926, showing the ship's company, possibly at Guam. Note star on the funnel, indicating aviation affiliation.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 93253    		 Tommy Trampp
    Napa 308k USS Napa (AT-32) ship's dance invitation. Tommy Trampp, courtesy Gary T. Hunt
    USS Napa (AT-32)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Giddens, William Robert, USN5 December 1919 - 15 February 1920
    02LTjg. White, Chester Norman, USN15 February 1920 - 3 August 1920
    03LT. Rasmussen, Joseph Alfred, USN3 August 1920 - 5 September 1922
    04LT. Rundquist, Karl, USN5 September 1922 - 13 September 1923
    05LT. Earle, Omar Brown, USN13 September 1923 - 15 June 1926
    06LT. Doucet, Alfred, USN15 June 1926 - 1 December 1928
    07LT. Hayes, Harry Rutherford, USN1 December 1928 - 7 June 1929
     Decommissioned7 June 1929 - 15 August 1939
    08CHBOSN. Moran, Francis Patrick, USN15 August 1939 - October 1939
    09LT. Duffy, Leonard Vincent, USN (USNA 1929)October 1939- June 1940
    10LT. Vaughn, Charles Samuel, USN (USNA 1931)June 1940 - 1 June 1941
    11LT. Lyster, Jr., Theodore Charles, USN (USNA 1936)1 June 1941 - 15 August 1941
    12LT. Dial, Nathaniel Minter, USN (USNA 1932)15 August 1941 - 13 March 1942
    13ENS. Wingo, Peroneau Brown, USNR18 March 1942 - 8 April 1942
    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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