NAVAJO AT 64

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 Tug
Keel Laid December 12 1938 - Launched August 17 1939


1. USS NAVAJO AT-64
   Commissioned January 26 1940
   SUNK (explosion) December 12 1943
   An unexplained explosion occured while towing YO-42 from Pago Pago to Espiritu Santo

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1938-42)

 

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

 

USPO Type 9 "Naval Hospital Branch, M.O.B." Washington, DC

1938-12-12

Keel Laying for NAVAJO, Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace and T. M. Holcombe

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Locy Type FDC 3r "NEW YORK / NY"

1940-01-26

Commissioning, Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw, sponsored by Lloyd A. Nace

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN"

1940-05-30

Memorial Day, Cachet by George Neumann and Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)

1940-08-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-03-10

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

NAVAJO received 2 Battle Stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)

Some historians consider NAVAJO a Pearl Harbor Survivor,
However she was 12 miles outside of Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941,
while 3 miles is considered the limit by The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association

NAMESAKE - A tribe of Athapascan Indians displaced by early American pioneers and currently residing on reservations in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah

 

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