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USS Chowanoc

Chowanoc,'53.jpg (34830 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100  (Contributed By John Faynor)
chowanoc.jpg (46096 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100  (Contributed By Doug Lindsey)
drone.jpg (13103 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 launching a drone (Contributed By Doug Lindsey)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100  with drone pictured above.   You can see the Thai Navy following. The lead ship was a WW1 British Battleship. Not very big, but had something like a 10" main gun and no shells for it. (Contributed By Doug Lindsey)
Chow_Fan.jpg (41075 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Fantail photo during "Moderate" Seas. (Contributed By Doug Lindsey)
Me_chow.jpg (25574 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Doug Lindsey leaning into the ship's roll   Circa 1969 (Contributed By Doug Lindsey)
Chow1.jpg (39379 bytes)  USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Off San Diego circa February 1957 (Contributed By Rodger Dana)
Chow2.jpg (41608 bytes)  USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Off San Diego circa February 1957 (Contributed By Rodger Dana)
100chowanocATF.jpg (22459 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 (Circa 1973) (Contributed By Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF2.jpg (36328 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 "bites" the Pacific on her way to Alaska (Circa 1962) (Contributed By Dirk Van Allen, 1959-62 via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF3.jpg (34252 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 & ARS 39 (Circa 1946-7) Submission Note: It appears that they divers down at the stern. (Contributed By Rufus Whitfield via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF4.jpg (25995 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 "Guns" in ATF 100 Wheelhouse. Note: No Radar Equipment. (Circa 194x) (Contributed By Rufus Whitfield via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF5.jpg (32520 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 This photo was taken while the ATF 100(Chowanoc) was being towed to Pearl Harbor for repairs after a fire in 1946 or 7. (Contributed By Rufus Whitfield via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF6.jpg (28640 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Pulling LST off the Beach (Circa 1946) (Contributed By Rufus Whitfield via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF7.jpg (28867 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Working Navy Sailors (Circa 1946-47) (Contributed By Rufus Whitfield via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF8.jpg (30878 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Chopping wood on the ATF 100 (Circa 1946) (Contributed By Rufus Whitfield via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF9.jpg (26828 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 in Alaska (Circa 1962) (Contributed By Dirk Van Allen via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF10.jpg (29538 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 LST on the beach,waiting for ATF 100 to pull her off (Circa 1946) (Contributed By Rufus Whitfield via Rodger Dana)
100chowonacATF11.jpg (34045 bytes) USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Salvage work (Circa 1946) (Contributed By Rufus Whitfield via Rodger Dana)

NAFTS, National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors