USS Navajo (AT-64)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Navajo.
USS Navajo (AT-64) was an oceangoing tugboat in the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class. She was named for the Navajo people. Originally called the Navajo-class of fleet tugs, they were later renamed the Cherokee-class after loss of the first two ships of the class.[1]
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United States | |
Name | USS Navajo |
Namesake | Navajo Nation |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York City |
Laid down | 12 December 1938 |
Launched | 17 August 1939 |
Commissioned | 26 January 1940 |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sunk, 12 September 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Navajo-class fleet tug |
Displacement | 1,270 long tons (1,290 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 80 |
Armament | 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun |
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Navajo was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Staten Island, New York, on 12 December 1938; launched on 17 August 1939, sponsored by Miss Olive Rasmussen; and commissioned on 26 January 1940. The tug was sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1943.[1]