Section #7

USS Chowanoc

USS Chowanoc ATF 100   doing Lifeguard duty during under-way fueling operations while participating in Exercise "STEEL GATE" in 1963. ATF 100 1963 Cruise Book photo. (Contributed by NAFTS shipmate BM1 Marvin Stegner)
 
USS Chowanoc ATF 100  This 1963 photo shows USS Chowanoc Skipper LT Geoffery Gardner presenting NAFTS member Larry Gibson with his Radioman 3rd Class certificate. Photo from ATF 100 1963 cruise book (Contributed by NAFTS member Dirk Van Allen, ATF 100 1961-63)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100 passing a messenger line to USS Koka ATA 185 in this 1963 photo from the ATF 100 Annual Cruise Book. Note that Koka has a target sled in tow. Cruise book photo (Contributed by NAFTS member Dirk Van Allen, ATF 100 1961-63)
 
USS Chowanoc ATF 100  Loading Jeep at Atka, AK  (Circa 1963) (Contributed by BM1 Marv Stegner)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100  LT Geoffrey Gardner relieves Chowanoc Skipper LT Frank Dowd (Circa 1963) (Contributed by BM1 Marv Stegner)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100  shipmates with gift for departing Skipper Frank Dowd (Circa 1963) (Contributed by BM1 Marv Stegner)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Battle "E" Award for ATF 100,ATF 110,ATF 112 & ARS 22  (Circa 1963) (Contributed by BM1 Marv Stegner)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100 emplacing an experimental weather buoy (Circa 1963) (Contributed by BM1 Marv Stegner)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100 "Well Done" from a satisfied customer  (Circa 1963) (Contributed by BM1 Marv Stegner)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100 USS Pennsylvania seen through the smoke of an engine room fire onboard the Chowanoc (Circa 1946) (Contributed by Don Clark)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100 and unidentified ARS attempting to pull a LST off of a
reef near Samoa, ca. (Circa 1946) (Contributed by Don Clark)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100    Hooking up to the USS Bunker Hill for a tow circa 1965  (Contributed by Rodger Dana)
USS Chowanoc ATF 100  Getting painted by Mary Soo and her side-cleaners in Hong Kong circa 1964.  (contributed by Doug Ryon)
USS Chowanoc crew member (1945 - 1947) Don Clark at the 2007 NAFTS Reunion in St. Louis with an insert photo as he appeared back in the mid 19040's.
Bennie Meyers and George Oravetz aboard USS Chowanoc ATF 100 circa 1945
 

Patches, Plaques and Memorabilia

USS Chowanoc ATF 100 Patch
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NAFTS, National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors