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USS Acushnet (ATO-63)
ex
 USS Acushnet (AT-63) (1936 - 1944)
 USCGC Acushnet (1919 - 1936)
 USS Acushnet (1918 - 1919)
 USRC Acushnet (1908 - 1918)

WWII - International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Able - Dog - Baker
 NADB
1913 - International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Cast - Unit
 NCU


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal;
Bottom Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Acushnet Class Revenue Cutter/Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 30 May 1906 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 16 May 1908
  • Placed in service by the US Revenue Cutter Service as USRC Acushnet
  • Acquired by the US Navy at the outbreak of World War I and commissioned, USS Acushnet
  • Returned to the US Coast Guard, 22 September 1919
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 30 May 1936, at Norfolk, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Commissioned USS Acushnet (AT-63), 1 September 1936, LT. Percy S. Hogarth in command
  • Redesignated Fleet Tug Old ATO-63 17 July 1944
  • Decommissioned, 14 December 1945, at the Coast Guard Yard, Berkeley, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 December 1946 and sold to N. Block Co., Norfolk, VA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 860 t.
    Length 152'
    Beam 29'
    Draft 18' 9"
    Speed 11 kts. (trial)
    Complement
    officers 5
    enlisted 56
    Armament two 1 pdrs
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 1,250 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Newport News vertical triple-expansion steam engine
    two Babcock and Wilcox heard-type boilers, 200psi °Sat
    two turbo-drive 25Kw 120V. D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,033shp
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    USRC / USCGC Acushnet
    Acushnet 183k USRC Acushnet moored pierside at New London CT. for the Yale-Harvard boat races in 1909.
    Photo courtesy Jamison and Coffin families of Baltimore, MD.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Acushnet 117k USRC Acushnet moored pierside, probably at Woods Hole, MA. in 1909.
    Photo courtesy Jamison and Coffin families of Baltimore, MD.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Acushnet
    094706310    		 91k USRC Acushnet at anchor in 1909, location unknown.
    Historic New England    		 John Spivey
    Acushnet 117k Two US Revenue Cutter Service Ensigns aboard USRC Acushnet, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy Jamison and Coffin families of Baltimore, MD.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Acushnet 50k USCGC Acushnet under way, date and location unknown.
    Photo ©from Jane's Fighting Ships 1924.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Acushnet (AT-63)
    Acushnet 102k USS Acushnet (AT-63) moored pierside at Norfolk Navy Yard, 3 September 1941. The devices in the bridge wing are probably searchlights with special hoods.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. 19-N-25508 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.    		 Mike Green
    Acushnet 170k USS Acushnet (AT-63) at Norfolk Navy Yard, 3 September 1941; the aircraft carrier in the background is HMS Illustrious or HMS Formidable undergoing repairs. Also visible are covered lighter YF-244 and the open lighter YC-265.
    US National Archives RG-19-LCM Photo # 19-N-25509, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    USS Acushnet (ATO-63)
    Acushnet 110k USS Acushnet (ATO-63) underway near Norfolk Navy Yard, 5 October 1944.
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo No. 19-N-73134 a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    Acushnet
    US National Archives, RG-80-G. Photo #'s 80-G-285444    		 159k USS Acushnet (ATO-63) under way in or near Hampton Roads, VA., 7 October 1944.
    US National Archives, RG-80-G. Photo #'s 80-G-285444 and 80-G-285443, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Robert Hurst
    Acushnet
    US National Archives, RG-80-G. Photo #'s 80-G-285443    		 152k
    USS Acushnet (AT-63 / ATO-63)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Hogarth, Percy Shawbaker, USN1 September 1936 - 3 June 1937
    02LT. Fuller, James Edward, USN (USNA 1923)3 June 1937 - 18 June 1938
    03LT. Page, Dudley Merrill, USN (USNA 1919)18 June 1938 - 1938
    04LT. Fuller, James Edward, USN (USNA 1923)1938 - June 1939
    05CHBOSN. Lemon, Frank Hill, USNJune 1938 - 1939
    06LT. Fuller, James Edward, USN (USNA 1923)1939 - July 1941
    07LCDR. Howard, Paul Eugene, USNJuly 1941 - March 1942
    08ENS. Cook, George Edgar, USNMarch 1942 - February 1944
    09LTjg. Edwards, Ray Cliff, USNFebruary 1944 - December 1944
    10LTjg. Boudreau, Clarence Emery, USNDecember 1944 - 14 December 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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