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USS Nipmuc (ATF-157)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Echo - Bravo
 NZEB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (3-Cuba) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Dominican Republic)
Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 2 December 1944, at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), 8 July 1945, LT. Robert G. Hoffman in command
  • Decommissioned, (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1978
  • Transferred to Venezuela, 1 September 1978, under the Security Assistance Program
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,205 t.(lt) 1,646 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 39'
    Draft 17' (max)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 8 Officers, 68 Enlisted
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion four GM 12-278A diesel engines, single screw, 3,000hp
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    Nipmuc 34k USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), date and location unknown. Submitted by Raoul Allesee
    to NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Nipmuc 41k USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), date and location unknown. Submitted by Mike Baumann
    to NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Nipmuc 31k USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), date and location unknown. Submitted by Gene Conlon
    to NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Nipmuc 92k USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Glacier 670k USS Nipmuc (ATF-157) and USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) moored at Thule, Greenland, circa June-July 1969 Marc Schenck, Photo by his father LTjg. Bernard Schenck USS Glacier
    Glacier 636k USS Nipmuc (ATF-157) at the edge of pack ice off Greenland, June-July 1969 Marc Schenck, Photo by his father LTjg. Bernard Schenck USS Glacier
    Nipmuc 101k USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), moored outboard of USS Penobscot (ATA-188) at Newport R.I., date unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
    Cadmus 84k USS Cadmus (AR-14) at Naval Station Newport, R.I., 30 May 1970 with USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) and USS Norris (DD-859) alongside. © Richard Leonhardt
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