- USS Pawnee (ATF-74)
USS "Pawnee" (AT-74/ATF-74) was an auxiliary fleet ocean tug in the
United States Navy ."Pawnee" was laid down
23 October 1941 by theUnited Engineering Company ,Alameda, California ; launched31 March 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs. Virginia Stiegler; and commissioned7 November 1942 , Lt. (j.g.)Frank C. Dilworth in command.History
After Pacific coast shakedown "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 ARD–5 in tow, and reported to ComSoPac for duty the 29th atEspiritu Santo ."Pawnee" operated in the
Solomons from June through August 1943, providing towing services atNew Georgia andRendova . She next provided services atVella Lavella until October. Other operations took her to the Western Carolines as well as to Okinawa, Leyte, andLuzon . She was reclassified as ATF–7415 May 1944 .She served with the Naval Occupation Forces in the
Philippines from28 September 1945 until24 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 List1 September 1962 and placed in theMaritime Reserve Fleet ,Puget Sound ,Washington , where she remained into 1970. She was sold and broken up in 1971.References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p3/pawnee-iv.htm
uggested Reading
*cite book
last = Mason
first = Theodore C.
authorlink = Theodore Mason
year = 1996
title = We Will Stand By You: Serving in the Pawnee, 1942-1945
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 1-55750-581-0 A personal account of a radioman who served aboard the Pawnee from her commissioning until 1945.External links
* [http://www.nafts.net/images/Ships%20pics/ATF/Pawnee/PAWNEE.jpgPhoto]
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