USS Pawnee (ATF-74)

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NameUSS Pawnee
Builder United Engineering Company, Alameda, California
Laid down23 October 1941
Launched31 March 1942
Commissioned7 November 1942
DecommissionedJanuary 1947
ReclassifiedATF–74, 15 May 1944
Stricken1 September 1962
Fate
  • Disposed of by scrapping
  • 9 November 1971
General characteristics
Class and type Navajo-class fleet tug
Displacement1,675 long tons (1,702 t)
Length205 ft (62 m)
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement85 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Pawnee (AT-74/ATF-74) was a Navajo-class fleet tug in the United States Navy.

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Pawnee was laid down on 23 October 1941 by the United Engineering Company, Alameda, California; launched on 31 March 1942 and commissioned on 7 November 1942.

Service history

After a Pacific coast Shakedown cruise Pawnee was assigned to Service Force, Pacific. In December 1942, she steamed for Pearl Harbor and commenced towing operations. She stood out of Pearl Harbor in early January, steamed for the forward Pacific area with the floating drydock USS ARD–5 in tow, and reported to ComSoPac for duty the 29th at Espiritu Santo.

Pawnee operated in the Solomons from June through August 1943, providing towing services at New Georgia and Rendova. She next provided services at Vella Lavella until October. Other operations took her to the Western Carolines, Okinawa, Leyte, and Luzon. She was reclassified as ATF–74 on 15 May 1944.

On 14 October 1944, off the coast of Formosa, the Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Houston was hit by a torpedo amidships and taken under tow by Pawnee. Two days later, with the damaged cruiser still attached by a tow line, another wave of Japanese torpedo bombers attacked Houston hitting her in the stern with a second torpedo. Damage was controlled and Pawnee with Houston reached Ulithi on 27 October. [1]

She served with the Naval Occupation Forces in the Philippines from 28 September 1945 until 24 February 1946, when she sailed to Pearl Harbor. In January 1947 she decommissioned and entered the Columbia River Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Pawnee was struck from the Navy List on 1 September 1962 and placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, Washington, where she remained until 1971.

Pawnee was sold on 9 November 1971 to Hatch and Kirk, Inc of Seattle, WA for $31,850 [2] and was broken up the next year. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "NH 98825 USS Houston (CL-81)".
  2. ↑ "PMARS is currently down for maintainence [sic]". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  3. ↑ "PMARS is currently down for maintainence [sic]". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

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