USS Chippewa
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AT-69
was a Navajo-class
fleet tug laid down by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
in May 1942. She was launched in July 1942 and
commissioned in in February 1943. She was assigned to
the Atlantic Fleet and participated in North Africa in
the summer 1943 and in the Caribbean in 1944. She was
decommissioned in February 1947 and transferred to the
Reserve Fleet. She was stricken from the US Navy lists
in September 1961. She was scuttled as an artificial
reef outside Panama 8. February 1990. The wreck rest
today standing on her keel on a depth of 30 meter. Also
see the former USN ocean tug USS Accokeek.
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| 29° 57.700’ N 085° 48.220’ W ( Source: Florida Panhandle )  Picture: USS Chippewa Courtesy of National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors Last updated: December 2020 |
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