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USS Quapaw (ATF-110)
ex
 USS Quapaw (AT-110) (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Lima - Bravo
 NXLB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons






Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal (5) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea, Op. Frequent Wind) - Vietnam Service Medal (7)
Fifth Row - Humanitarian Service Medal (Frequent Wind) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
Sixth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Navajo Class Fleet Ocean Tug:
  • Laid down, 28 December 1942, at United Engineering and Drydock Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 15 May 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Quapaw (AT-110), 6 May 1944, LCDR. Northrup H. Castle, USNR in command
  • Reclassified as Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-110), 15 May 1944
  • During WWII USS Quapaw was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 8 January 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 13 October 1944 to 29 November 1944     		Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines
    Palawan Islands landings, 28 February to 10 March 1945
    Mindanao Island landings - Zamboanga, 10 to 25 March and 17 to 23 April 1945

  • Following World War II and the Korean War USS Quapaw was assigned to Occupation and China Service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    9 August to 1 September 194715 April to 5 May 1946
     1 to 2 October 1954

  • During the Korean War USS Quapaw participated in the following campaigns:

    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    First UN Counter Offensive
    30 March to 21 April 1951     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    26 October to 20 November 1952
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    22 April to 25 May 1951     		Third Korean Winter
    17 January to 14 February 1953
    13 March to 9 April 1953
    12 April 1953
    UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    19 July to 3 August 1951     		 

  • During the Vietnam War USS Quapaw participated in the following campaigns:

    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Counteroffensive
    15 June to 30 June 1966     		Tet69/Counteroffensive
    2 to 4 March 1969
    18 to 19 April 1969
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II
    1 July 1966
    15 June to 1 July 1966
    10 to 27 July 1966
    13 to 18 September 1966     		Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
    21 to 24 June 1969
    8 to 10 July 1969
    Tet Counteroffensive
    4 to 9 February 1968
    19 February to 1 April 1968     		Vietnam Ceasefire
    14 to 17 November 1972
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase IV
    2 to 22 April 1968     		 

  • Decommissioned, 30 August 1985
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 January 1992
  • USS Quapaw earned the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, 20 October 1944 to 15 February 1945 and four battle stars for World War II service, five battle stars for the Korean War and seven campaign stars for Vietnam War service
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 2012
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,235 t.(lt) 1,675 t.(fl)
    Length 205'
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 4"
    Speed 16.5 kts (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 80
    Largest Boom Capacity 20 t.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 2,265 Bbls
    Propulsion
    four Alco 539 SED Diesel-electric main engines
    single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
    three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines
    one Cooper Bessemer 200kw D.C. main generator
    two Superior 100kw D.C generators
    single propeller, 3,000shp
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    Quapaw 555k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) at the fitting out pier, United Engineers and Drydock Co., Alameda, CA., 8 October 1943.
    A US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Alan Owens
    Quapaw 674k
    Quapaw 245k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway while operating in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, one week after the initial assault, 28 Oct 1944.
    US Signal Corps photo # SC 260739 now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
    Quapaw 82k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) is seen starting salvage work alongside USS Hughes (DD-410), 11 Dec 1944, in San Pedro Bay, Philippines. USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) is at distant right. Quapaw successfully managed heavy steel welding and fabrication without the aid of a repair ship for one week.
    Photo by LTjg. Edwin Klump, USS Russell (DD-414) when returning from her own mission.    		 Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
    Quapaw 32k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway, date and location unknown. Submitted by J C & David Conner to National
    Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Safeguard 425k Aerial view of the south end of Mare Island Naval Ship, between 12 and 19 September 1946. Ships present include:
    USS Oklahoma City (CL-91)
    USS Safeguard (ARS-25)
    USS Avery Island (AG-76)
    USS Quapaw (ATF-110)
    USS Eldorado (AGC-11)
    USS Barricade (ACM-3)
    USS Fieberling (DE-640)
    AFD-6
    USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) and
    Endicott (YM-12)
    Safeguard and Avery Island were at the yard for decontamination from the Bikini Island tests. Oklahoma City is about to be decommissioned; Barricade is about to be turned over to Coast Guard; Endicott dredging berth 18 and the others are in for repairs.
    US Navy photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.    		 Darryl Baker
    Quapaw 67k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) moored, date and location unknown. Submitted by Tom Pyle to National
    Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Quapaw 44k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway in rough seas in 1961 off the coast of Alaska with USS Thor (ARC-4) (not shown). Marty Martinez
    Quapaw 32k
    Quapaw 39k
    Quapaw 33k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway, date and location unknown. Marty Martinez
    Quapaw 39k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway, date and location unknown. Submitted by Joe Siesel to National
    Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Quapaw 42k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway, date and location unknown. Submitted by Joe Siesel to National
    Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Quapaw 49k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway, date and location unknown. Submitted by Joe Siesel to National
    Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Quapaw 214k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway at San Diego in 1949. Alan Owens
    Quapaw 106k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) moored to a buoy at Sasebo, Japan, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1953    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Quapaw 93k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) at anchor, Sasebo, Japan, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1957    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Quapaw 1089k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway off the Hawaiian Islands, 10 October 1970.
    Navy Photographic Center photo # NPC #KN-19109 by PH1 E. L. Goligoski    		 DCC(SS/SW) David Johnston, USN
    Quapaw 109k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) underway, date and location unknown. This undated view shows the tall, somewhat thicker, Diesel exhaust pipe eventually adopted for the active units of this class.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # Unknown, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    Quapaw 80k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) was recognized for both the CIC and Gunnery "E" awards. Photo from the July 1982 edition of the Surface Warfare magazine. From Left to right in the photo: LCDR John M. Kenny (CO), OS3 Reginald J. Alston, ET2 Marshall A. Parks, LT Joel F. Steadley (XO), QM1 Richard P. Hyke, GMG2 Mark D. Dyson, SN Paul A. Howerton, SA Kevin D. Neal, BM2 William J. Wilgocki, SA Roberto Reyna, and SR Brent Murray. Yu Chu, courtesy Nino K. Neal
    Quapaw 80k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) moored pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for REFTRA, in May 1982. Yu Chu, courtesy Nino K. Neal
    Quapaw 57k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) moored pierside at Naval Station Port Hueneme, CA, July 1983. Yu Chu, courtesy Nino K. Neal
    Quapaw 169k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) crew photos:
    Top Left - Nino K. Neal spraying after shave on ENFN Leatherbee's head right after shaving it.
    Top Right - Nino K. Neal and SMSN Morgan standing duty.
    Bottom Left - Nino K. Neal attempting to qualify on the .50 cal. machine gun
    Bottom Right - Nino K. Neal and BM2 Bill Wilgocki    		 Yu Chu, courtesy Nino K. Neal
    Quapaw
    093911035    		 140k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) in San Francisco Bay off Treasure Island, 28 May 1985. She is in position as tugs Pushmataha (YTB-830), right, and Skenandoa (YTB-835) assist the decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-USS Nautilus (SSN-571) into position for towing by Quapaw. Nautilus will be transferred to Groton, CT. where she will become a museum. Also visible is the Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Point Heyer (WPB-82369).
    Photo from picryl - US National Archives and Records Administration    		 John Spivey
    Quapaw
    093911034    		 282k USS Quapaw (ATF-110) towing the nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-USS Nautilus (SSN-571), 28 May 1985. Nautilus is being transferred to her original homeport, Naval Submarine Base, New London, CT.
    US National Archives Identifier 6397501 a U.S. Navy photo by PHC John Kristoffersen now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives, College Park, MD.    		 Robert Hurst
    Quapaw 227k Ex- USS Nautilus (SSN-571), being towed by USS Quapaw (ATF-110) in San Francisco Bay just east of the Golden Gate, 28 May 1985, on the first leg on her journey to Groton.
    US Navy photo.    		 Darryl Baker
    Nautilus 221k Ex- USS Nautilus (SSN-571) and USS Quapaw (ATF 110) sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge on 28 May 1985.
    US Navy photo.     		Darryl Baker
    Quapaw 90k Ex-USS Quapaw (ATF 110) moored inboard of ex-USS Moctobi (ATF-105), date unknown, Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Note the bow of the old wooden hulled West Coast passenger and freight steamer Wapama (1915) is just visible in this photo. Wapama is the last of 215 passenger and freight steamers that served the West Coast. She is being restored for inclusion in the collection of the San Francisco Maritime Museum located at the foot of Hyde Street in San Francisco. Roger Herbst
    Moctobi 143k Ex-USS Quapaw (ATF 110) moored to starboard of ex-USS Moctobi (ATF-110), date unknown, Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. The stern of Quapaw is just visible in this photo. Roger Herbst
    Quapaw 173k Ex-Quapaw (ATF 110) and ex-Moctobi (ATF-105) moored together at Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Photo was taken 28 April 2011 by Eoghanacht Robert Hurst
    Quapaw 118k Ex-USS Quapaw (ATF 110) and ex-USS Moctobi (ATF-105) moored astern of the old wooden hulled West Coast passenger and freight steamer Wapama, date unknown, Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Roger Herbst
    Quapaw 85k Ex-USS Quapaw (ATF 110) and ex-USS Moctobi (ATF-105) moored astern of the old wooden hulled West Coast passenger and freight steamer Wapama, date unknown, Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Roger Herbst
    Quapaw 109k Ex-USS Quapaw (ATF 110) moored astern of the old wooden hulled West Coast passenger and freight steamer Wapama, date unknown, Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Roger Herbst
    Quapaw 99k Ex-USS Quapaw (ATF 110) stern view, close-up, date unknown, Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Roger Herbst
    Quapaw 138k Ex-USS Quapaw (ATF 110) moored pierside at Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Roger Herbst
    Quapaw 59k Ex-USS Quapaw (ATF 110) and ex-USS Moctobi (ATF-105) moored at Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA., circa 2001. Joe Lombardi, Ocean Technical Services
    Quapaw 124k Ex-Moctobi (ATF 105) (renamed MV Lion) moored inboard of ex-Quapaw (ATF-110) (renamed MV Tiger). Both are moored astern of the old wooden hulled West Coast passenger and freight steamer Wapama, 28 October 2011, Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Photo by Mike McCullough
    Quapaw 115k Ex-Moctobi (ATF 105) moored inboard of ex-Quapaw (ATF-110). Note ex-Quapaw lies partially on her starboard side after sinking at her moorings at Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. Photo was taken 28 December 2011 Photo by Mike McCullough
    Quapaw 135k Ex-Quapaw (ATF-110) at her moorings at Historic Shipyard #3, Richmond, CA. after being raised, circa 2012. She is still moored astern of the old wooden hulled West Coast passenger and freight steamer Wapama. Photo by Mike McCullough
    USS Quapaw Additional Ships Patches
    Quapaw
    Contributed by Craig Rothhammer
    via NAFTS    		 Quapaw
    Contributed by Mike Smolinski    		 Quapaw
    Contributed by Wolfgang Hechler

    For more photos and information about USS Quapaw, see;
  • Dictionary of American Fighting Ships (DANFS)
  • USS Quapaw ATF-110
  • National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    • Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Castle, Northrup Herman, USNR6 May 1944 - 2 December 1944
    02LCDR. Donnell, Raymond Herbert, USNR2 December 1944 - 7 April 1945
    03LT. Hughes, Warren Robards, USNR7 April 1945 - 1 December 1945
    04LTjg. Bradford Jr., Robert Louis, USN1 December 1945 - 1 June 1946
    05LT. Kelly, John Hawkin, USN1 June 1946 - 2 April 1947
    06ENS. Layton, Donald Merrill, USN (acting)2 April 1946 - 25 April 1947
    07LT. Drachnik, Joseph Brennan, USN (USNA 1943)25 April 1947 - 1 July 1947
    08ENS. Layton, Donald Merrill, USN (acting)1 July 1947 - 15 July 1947
    09LTjg. Schultz, Harry Neil, USN15 July 1947 - 18 August 1947
    10ENS. Layton, Donald Merrill, USN (acting)18 August 1947 - 20 September 1947
    11LT. Smith, Robert Good, USN (USNA 1943)1 September 1947 - 30 April 1948
     Decommissioned30 April 1948 - 5 December 1950
    12LT. Christian Jr., Fleming N., USNR5 December 1950 - 24 October 1952
    13LT. Troike, John Rudolph, USN24 October 1952 - 26 January 1954
    14LT. Cherry, William W., USNR (acting)26 January 1954 - 19 March 1954
    15LCDR. Minard, Harold R,, USNR19 March 1954 - 17 May 1955
    16LCDR. McMurdo, Robert Bryce, USNR (USNA 1946)17 May 1955 - 15 February 1958
    17LT. Frudden, Mark Perrin, USN (USNA 1950) :RADM15 February 1958 - 20 April 1959
    18LT. Hobgood, Ray Allen, USN20 April 1959 - 18 August 1961
    19LT. Hollenbach, Richard George, USN (USNA 1954)18 August 1961 - 28 June 1963
    20LT. Anderson, Archie Arnold, USN28 June 1963 - 10 April 1965
    21LCDR. Rennaker, Charles Leroy, USN10 April 1965 - 20 December 1966
    22LCDR. Tschida, Robert Matthew, USN20 December 1966 - 16 December 1968
    23LCDR. Lindstrom, Gordon Ernest, USN16 December 1968 - 7 April 1971
    24LCDR. George, Paul John, USN7 April 1971 - 21 September 1972
    25LCDR. Wagner, Tod William, USN21 September 1972 - 2 August 1974
    26LT. Paton, Albert Smith, USN2 August 1974 - 21 January 1977
    27LT. Foley III, John Baptist (Jay), USN :RADM21 January 1977 - 22 August 1978
    28LCDR. Storez, Robert Alfred, USN22 August 1978 - 24 July 1980
    29LCDR. Kenny, John Michael, USN (USNA 1973)24 July 1980 - 10 September 1982
    30LCDR. Harvey, Kenneth Dale, USN10 September 1982 - 8 September 1984
    31LCDR. Cosper II, James Hector, USN8 September 1984 - 30 August 1985
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves with the help of Fred Stinson
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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