Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Fleet tug |
Class | Navajo |
Pennant | AT 64 |
Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 15 Aug 1938 |
Laid down | 12 Dec 1938 |
Launched | 17 Aug 1939 |
Commissioned | 26 Jan 1940 |
Lost | 12 Sep 1943 |
History | Torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-39 (offsite link) some 150 miles east of Espiritu Santo. 17 of the crew were killed. The survivors were picked up by the US minesweeper USS YMS-266 |
Commands listed for USS Navajo (AT 64)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Myron Edgar Thomas, USN | 26 Jan 1940 | ??? (1) |
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