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Mare Island Navy Yard #4455-43
| Tonnage | 1646 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 205' by 38'6" by 15'3" 62.48m by 11.73m by 4.65m |
| Maximum speed | 16 knots |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | 1 3"/50
AA gun 6 40mm Bofors AA guns 6 machine guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft diesel-electric (3600
shp) |
| Bunkerage | 306 tons fuel oil |
The Navajos were
built for the U.S.
Navy from 1940 to the end of the war. They were fast,
powerful,
modern tugs suitable for establishing fleet
bases in the undeveloped
anchorages
of the far Pacific.
| Lost 1943-9-12 off Pago Pago from unknown cause |
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5 days out of Pearl Harbor for San Diego
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Sunk by gunfire 1942-10-25 off Tulagi |
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| Menominee |
Completed 1942-9-25 (San Francisco) | |
| Pawnee | Completed 1942-11-7 (Alameda) | |
| Sioux | Completed 1942-12-6 (Mare Island) | |
| Ute | Completed 1942-12-13 (Alameda) | |
| Chickasaw |
Completed 1943-2-4 (Alameda) | |
| Apache |
Arrived 1943-3 |
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| Arapaho | Arrived 1943-4 | |
| Lipan | Completed 1943-4-29 (San Francisco) | |
| Mataco | Completed 1943-5-29 (San Francisco) | |
| Tawasa |
Completed 1943-7-17 (Portland) | |
| Tekesta | Completed 1943-8-16 (Portland) | |
| Yuma | Completed 1943-8-31 (Portland) | |
| Zuni | Completed 1943-10-9 (Portland) | |
| Chowanoc |
Arrived 1944-4 |
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| Cocopa |
Arrived 1944-5 |
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| Quapaw | Completed 1944-5-6 (Alameda) | |
| Hidatsa |
Arrived 1944-6 |
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| Jicarilla |
Arrived 1944-8 |
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| Bannock |
Arrived 1944-12 |
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| Achomawi
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Arrived 1945-1 |
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| Narragansett
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Arrived 1945-1-21 |
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| Avoyel | Arrived 1945-2-1 | |
| Chawasha |
Arrived 1945-4 |
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| Cahuila |
Arrived 1945-4 |
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| Atakapa | Arrived 1945-5-3 | |
| Carib |
Arrived 1945-6 |
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| Chilula |
Arriveed 1945-6-16 |
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| Chimariko | Arrived 1945-7-9 |
References
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