USN · ATF
AfloatNavajo-class fleet tug, AT-95, later ATF-95, named for the Zuni people of western New Mexico. Commercial Iron Works at Portland launched her on 31 July 1943 and the Navy commissioned her on 9 October 1943. She towed Houston into Ulithi and then Reno, 1,500 miles, after I-41 torpedoed the cruiser. At Iwo Jima she grounded on Yellow Beach and was pulled off. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 29 June 1946.
| Type | Fleet tug (ATF) |
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| Hull | ATF-95 |
| Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Launched | 1943-07-31 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-09 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned on 29 June 1946 and transferred that day to the Coast Guard. Struck on 19 July 1946. Served as USCGC Tamaroa until 1 February 1994. Sunk as a reef off the Delaware-New Jersey coast on 10 May 2017. Four battle stars. Not sunk in the war. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Zuni (ATF-95) stranded on Yellow Beach, Iwo Jima, 23 March 1945, while working landing ships in the surf. U.S. Navy photograph, via NavSource. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · Off Iwo Jima from three days after the 19 February 1945 assault. On 23 March she grounded on Yellow Beach while trying to pull a landing ship clear, and was pulled off. Not sunk.
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