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AT-83 / ATF-83 Chickasaw

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Philippines Liberation Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Navajo Class Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at United Engineering Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 23 July 1942
  • Commissioned USS Chickasaw (AT-83), 4 February 1943
  • Redesignated Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-83), 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1976
  • Sold to Taiwan, under the Security Assistance Program, 1 May 1976, and redesignated (A-540), name unknown
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
  • Chickasaw received six battle stars for World War II service, and two for Korean war service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,235 t.
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 85
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm guns
    Propulsion diesel-electric, four General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines, single screw, 3,600shp
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    Chickasaw 41k Chickasaw (ATF-83) underway, date and place unknown. Submitted by Charles Tousley to
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Chickasaw 17k ex Chickasaw ATF-83) in Taiwan service as (A-540) .
    View the Chickasaw (ATF-83)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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