USS Chimariko, a 1,240-ton Navajo class fleet tug, was built at Charleston, South Carolina. Commissioned in late April 1945, she towed a disabled tanker off Texas in June and later in that month towed a floating drydock to Panama. In July she transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific and, in August, towed two barges to Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands. After returning to the West Coast, Chimariko made a trans-Pacific voyage to Okinawa, where she was employed on salvage duty. In January 1946, she towed the barge Lignite (IX-162) to Hong Kong. Following further duty at Subic Bay and Guam, the tug returned to the U.S. in June. She was decommissioned at the end of October 1946 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Chimariko was transferred to Maritime Administration custody in 1962, but was returned to the Navy in August 1976 for use as a salvage training hulk. Later employed as a target, she was sunk in deep water off Southern California on 27 August 1978.
This page features our only view of USS Chimariko (ATF-154).
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Page made 24 June 2003