TF83

USS Chickasaw

USS Chickasaw ATF 83 (Contributed By Charles Tousley) 
Chick june151948.jpg (97571 bytes) USS Chickasaw ATF 83 Steaming underneath the Golden Gate Bridge (Circa 1947-1950) (Contributed By Bill Minks) 
USS Chickasaw ATF 83 Towing target off Point Loma (Circa 1963) (Contributed By Bill Crabb) 
 USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 Unknown Crewman (Signalman)  with the USS SIOUX ATF-75 preparing to come alongside to transfer the Chief by Boatswain's Chair. (Circa November, 1963) (Contributed by Bill Crabb)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  (Data Unknown) (Contributed by Bill Crabb)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  (Data Unknown) (Contributed by Bill Mozingo)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Sunday visitors , Open House in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
 USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Gathering storm clouds in a foreign port. (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
 USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 Harbor tug bringing out a barge for the ship to tow. Midway or Wake Island. (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
 USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Rough Seas (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  At the Helm on the Boat Deck (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
 USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 Rough Seas (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
 USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Shipboard Life- Letters Home. On the Messdecks. (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Calm day enroute to Sasebo, Japan (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 Rough Seas.  (Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
 USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Anchor Detail entering San Francisco Bay(Circa 1958 - 1959) (Contributed by Richard D. Mann for SK3)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  in Attu (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
 
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  at Kodiak with Christmas trees (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  with a tow which is a fishing boat out of San Pedro  rescued off Acapulco while returning to San Diego from Panama (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  in the Aleutians, possibly Adak (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  bow shot at Pier One at the Destroyer Base in San Diego (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  in the Aleutians (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83   (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  gun shoot (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83   stern shot alongside the pier in Attu (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Ship's bell (Circa 1953 - 1955)  (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83   Wheelhouse (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Photo is probably dated 1954, as hull # is small. Note what appears to be a commercial Radar antenna. Also note boat hoist instead of davit. She is carrying a 30ft motor launch on port side. Lamar says a 26ft motor whale boat was carried on starboard side. Also note 40mm guns still there.  (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83   Wheelhouse (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83   good detail of the 30ft Motor launch carried on the Port side of ATF's with hull numbers through #95 (Circa 1953 - 1955) (Contributed by Lamar B. Jones)
USS Chickasaw ATF 83 towing disabled MSTS Victory to Seattle (Circa. 1955) Contributed by Lamar B. Jones, Scanned from slide by Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 Circa 1955 photo near San Diego courtesy of Lamar Jones.  (Contributed by Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 Circa 1955 photo near San Diego courtesy of Lamar Jones.  (Contributed by Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 Circa 1955 photo near San Diego courtesy of Lamar Jones.  (Contributed by Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 towing a YF off the Oregon coast en-route to Astoria or possibly Tongue Point Reserve Fleet (Circa 1955) (Contributed by Lamar Jones via Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  USS Chickasaw 3inch Gun with ice,in Gulf of Alaska 1955 (Circa 1955) (Contributed by Lamar Jones via Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Thanks to Lamar Jones for this view of the USS Chickasaws mast (Circa 1955) (Contributed by Lamar Jones via Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  bow as seen from the Pilothouse (Circa 1955) (Contributed by Lamar Jones via Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  USS Chickasaw, ATF 83 on a frosty day at Adak, in the Aleutian islands of Alaska. (Circa 1955) (Contributed by Lamar Jones via Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  Chickasaw's 40mm guns which were removed a few years later (Circa 1955) (Contributed by Lamar Jones via Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  at the dock at Adak Island, in the Aleutians in the winter of 1954-55. (Circa 1955) (Contributed by Lamar Jones via Rodger Dana)
USS CHICKASAW ATF-83  slightly blurred photo at the dock in the winter of 1954-55. (Circa 1955) (Contributed by Lamar Jones via Rodger Dana)
 

Patches, Plaques and Memorabilia

USS Chickasaw ATF 83 Patch (Contributed by Craig Rothhammer)
USS Chickasaw ATF 83 Taken from the Florida Times Union, about Floyd Matthews, former skipper of the USS Chickasaw. The article was mainly about Vice Admiral Charles "Swede" Momsen, navy submarine and diving pioneer, creator of the Momsen lung and included Matthews' memories of Momsen.  (Contributed by Richard D. Mann, SK3 1958-59)

NAFTS, National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors