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U.S.S. APACHE

(ATF-67)


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ATF-67 Deployments - Major Events

Add a ATF-67 Shellback Initiation Add a ATF-67 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1941-Keel Date: 8 NOV 1941
at Charleston Ship Building & Drydock Company Charleston SC
MAY1942-Launch Date: 8 MAY 1942
DEC1942-Commissioned: 12 DEC 1942
DEC1946-Decommissioned: 3 DEC 1946
JAN1952-DEC1954Operation Castle
APR1965-JUL1965Mapping of Bearing Sea sea floor after 1964 earth quake
FEB1969-OCT1969Research w Trieste II on USS Scorpion sinking

ATF-67 General Specifications

Class: Navajo-class fleet tug

Named for: Apache

Complement: 85 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1235 tons

Length: 205 feet

Beam: 38 feet 6 inches

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Sold to Republic of China 1 June 1974