APACHE ATF 67

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Navajo Class Fleet Ocean Tug Keel Laid November 8 1941 - Launched May 8 1942 USS APACHE AT-67 Commissioned December 12 1942 USS APACHE ATF-67 Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF) May 15 1944 Decommissioned December 3 1946 Recommissioned July 20 1951 - Decommissioned February 27 1974 Struck from Naval Register March 30 1974 ROCS TA WAN ATF-551 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Sold June 1 1974 to Taiwan and renamed.

Naval Covers

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1. AT-67 Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established February 18 1943 - Disestablished June 30 1945

 

Locy Type FDC F Dec 12, 1942 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-94

1942-12-12

As AT-67
First Day of Commissioning.

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1943-08-20

As AT-67

 

Other Information

APACHE earned five battle stars for WWII service
* Treasury-Bougainville operation
Treasury Island landing, October 27 1943
Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, November 1, 6, and 8 1943
* Bismarck Archipelago operation
Emirau Island, March 17 1944
* Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Saipan, July 17-19 1944
Capture and occupation of Guam, July 21 to August 2 1944
* Leyte operation
Leyte landings, October 13 to November 29 1944
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, January 4-18 1945

Earned two battle stars for Korean service
* Second Korean Winter
December 19 1951 to January 4 1952
January 19 to February 18 1952
March 20 to April 13 1952
April 26-28 1952
* Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
May 9-12 1952
June 16-28 1952

Earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive
January 4 to February 6 1966
March 3-5 1966

USS APACHE earned the following awards during her Naval career - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 5 Battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (w/ 2 Battle stars) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1) - Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 1 Campaign star) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - An American Indian tribe that inhabited the southwestern portion of the United States.

Five ships of the US Navy have been named APACHE - USS Apache (Tug 1898), USS Apache (Revenue Cutter 1891), USS Apache SP-729, USS Apache ATF-67 and USNS Apache T-ATF-172. {DANFS Listing}

 

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