Click On Image
For Full Size Image |
Size |
Image Description |
Contributed
By |
 USS Chilula (ATF-153)
|
 |
1611k |
Overall view of Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Charleston S.C., in January 1945. Six ATF's are visible; three fitting out and three on the ways. Photo was taken from the mainmast of USS Chawasha (ATF-151) which was also fitting out. From front to back they are:
USS Chilula (ATF-153)
USS Cahuilla (ATF-152)
USS Chimariko (ATF-154)
USS Nipmuc (ATF-157)
USS Cusabo (ATF-155)
USS Luiseno (ATF-156).
US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Alan Owens |
 |
1874k |
Overall view of Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Charleston S.C., in January 1945. Seven ATF's are visible, three on the ways at right, and four fitting out at left. From front to back they are:
USS Luiseno (ATF-156)
USS Cusabo (ATF-155)
USS Nipmuc (ATF-157)
USS Chimariko (ATF-154)
USS Cahuilla (ATF-152)
USS Chilula (ATF-153) and
USS Chawasha (ATF-151).
US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Alan Owens |
 |
352k |
USS Chilula (ATF-153) and USS Chimanko (ATF-154) fitting out in January 1945 at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Alan Owens |
 |
64k |
USS Chilula (ATF-153) commissioning crew photo, 5 April 1945 at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.
US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Alan Owens |
 |
41k |
USS Chilula (ATF-153) underway, circa 1945 |
Submitted by Larry Richter to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors |
 USCGC Chilula (WAT / WATF / WMEC-153)
|
 |
54k |
Ex-USS Chilula (ATF-153) in tow by USCGC Cherokee (WAT-165) in 1956 on her way to the Coast Guard Yard Curtis Bay , MD. for conversion to Coast Guard service.
US Coast Guard photo. |
Alan Owens |
 |
27k |
Ex-USS Chilula (ATF-153) ex-USS Avoyel (ATF-150) being towed in 1956 by USCGC Cherokee (WAT-165) to the Coast Guard Yard Curtis Bay , MD. for conversion to Coast Guard service. The harbor tug alongside is unidentified.
US Coast Guard photo. |
Alan Owens |
 |
61k |
Ex-USS Chilula (ATF-153) be converted for Coast Guard service at the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, MD. in 1956. Astern of Chilula is ex-USS Avoyel (ATF-150) also undergoing conversion to Coast Guard service.
US Coast Guard photo. |
Alan Owens |
 |
75k |
USCGCChilula (WAT-153) commissioning ceremony, 3 October 1956, at Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, MD. |
Bill Gonyo, courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Tug Association |
 |
47k |
USCGC Chilula (WMEC-153) under way in Chesapeake Bay, circa 1957-1958 |
Submitted by Larry Richter to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors |
 |
103k |
USCGC Chilula (WMEC-153) under way 2 July 1960, location unknown. The Coast Guard used her primarily for search and rescue.
US Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-283), Photo No. None |
Mike Green |
 |
77k |
USCGC Chilula (WMEC-153) fighting fires caused by explosions aboard
USNS Potomac (T-AO-150) in the port of Morehead City, N.C., 26 September 1961. |
Richard Davis |
 |
35k |
USCGC Chilula (WMEC-153) underway, date and place unknown |
Submitted by Jim Perkins to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors |
 |
33k |
USCGC Chilula (WMEC-153) moored at Frying Pan Light Tower, off Wilmington, N.C. |
Submitted by Larry Richter to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors |
 |
75k |
USCGC Chilula (WMEC-153) underway, date and location unknown.
Photo from "the Towline" the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors magazine, 1 September 1996. |
Stan Svec |
 |
49k |
USCGC Chilula (WMEC-153) underway, circa 1968 |
Submitted by Max Kearns to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors |
 |
34k |
Chilula (WMEC-153) off to coast of Cuba, 1980 |
Submitted by John Yoho to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors |
 |
39k |
USCGC Chilula (WMEC-153) decommissioning ceremony, 19 June 1991 |
Submitted by Larry Richter to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors |
