USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)

USNS Navajo off Southern California on 10 September 1997.
History
Name:	USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)
Namesake:	The Navajo, a Native American people of the southwestern United States
Builder:	Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down:	14 December 1977
Launched:	20 December 1979
Acquired:	13 June 1980
In service:	1980
Status:	in active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Powhatan-class fleet ocean tug
Displacement:	1,387 long tons (1,409 t) light 2,000 long tons (2,032 t) full
Length:	226 ft (69 m)
Beam:	42 ft (13 m)
Draft:	15 ft (4.6 m)
Installed power:	5.73 megawatts (4,280 horsepower) sustained
Propulsion:	2 × General Motors EMD 20-645F7B diesel engines, two shafts; bow thruster, 300 hp (224 kW)
Speed:	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Complement:	16 civilians plus 4 U.S. Navy personnel (communications unit)

USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) is a United States Navy Powhatan-class fleet ocean tug in service since 1980.

Navajo was laid down on 14 December 1977 by the Marinette Marine Corporation at Marinette, Wisconsin. Launched on 20 December 1979, and delivered to the U.S. Navy on 13 June 1980, Navajo was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), and placed in non-commissioned service as USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) in 1980.

Lost anchor incident

On 28 July 2012 the ship was conducting training near the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when a parted mooring line caused the ship to dump 8,000 pounds of anchor, chain, and heavy rope on the ocean floor 150 feet below. The equipment was recovered on 9 August 2012.^[1]

Navajo remains in active service.

References

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

Media related to USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) at Wikimedia Commons

• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive: USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)