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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) under way, date and location unknown.
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) towing ex-USS Grayback (LPSS-574) out of Subic Bay, P.I. for a SINKEX, 13 August 1986.
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) sits in the medium auxiliary floating dry dock
Resourceful (AFDM-5) while undergoing routine hull
maintenance at US Naval Ship Repair Facility, US Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines, 1 January 1987.
Department of Defense photo # DN-ST-93-01079. |
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Port bow view of USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) under way at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, while towing two
barges, 1 August 1987. Catawaba is carrying an orange target sled on deck.
US Navy Photo by PH2 Ellenwood now in the collections of DoDMedia. |
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) with USS Cole (DDG 67)
under tow as they depart Aden, Yemen, 29 October 2000. Cole was placed aboard the Norwegian heavy transport ship M/V Blue Marlin and
transported back to the United States for repair.
DOD photo # 001629-M-0557M-011 by Sgt. Don L. Maes, USMC |
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) at anchor in the Arabian Gulf, 20 June 2003. Catawba is forward deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US Navy photo # 030620-N-5362A-003 by PH1 Arlo K. Abrahamson. |
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) steams through the waters of the Arabian Gulf. 20 June 2003. Catawba is forward deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US Navy photo # 030618-N-5362A-501 by PH1 Arlo K. Abrahamson. |
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) cruises the Arabian Gulf while participating in exercises, 19 June 2004. Catawba is on
a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
US Navy photo # 040619-N-5319A-002 (Arabian Gulf) by PH1 Brien Aho |
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) prepares to conduct a personnel transfer with the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), not pictured. Vella Gulf is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
081111-N-1082Z-005 INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2008) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
081119-N-1082Z-050 INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) |
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Sailors from the visit, board, search, and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) conduct compliant boarding training aboard
USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168). Vella Gulf is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations
in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 081119-N-1082Z-050 INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky. |
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) provides fuel and fresh water to MV Faina following its release by Somali pirates Feb. 5 after holding it for more than four months. The U.S. Navy has remained within visual range of the ship and maintained a 24-hour, 7-days a week presence since it was captured. The Belize-flagged cargo ship is owned and operated by "Kaalbye Shipping Ukraine" and is carrying a cargo of Ukrainian T-72 tanks and related equipment. The ship was attacked on Sept. 25 and forced to proceed to anchorage off the Somali Coast. U.S. 5th Fleet conducts maritime security operations to promote stability and regional economic prosperity.
US Navy photo # 090206-N-3931M-116 SOMALIA (Feb. 6, 2009) by MC1 Michael R. McCormick. |
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USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) under way, 9 November 2012, location unknown.
Photo by General125 (real name unknown) |
Robert Hurst |
