USS Cree information

History
United States
Name	USS Cree
Namesake	Cree
Builder	United Engineering Co., San Francisco, California
Laid down	31 March 1942
Launched	17 August 1942
Commissioned	28 March 1943
Reclassified	ATF-84, 15 May 1944
Stricken	21 April 1978
Motto	Ready
Honours and; awards	2 battle stars (World War II); 4 battle stars (Korea);
Fate	Sunk as a target, 27 August 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	Cherokee-class fleet tug
Displacement	1,235 long tons (1,255 t) light; 1,675 long tons (1,702 t) full;
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 4 × General Motors 12-278A diesel engines driving 4 General Electric generators and 3 General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines; single screw; 3,600 shp (2,685 kW);
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	85 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun; 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 × single 20 mm AA guns;

USS Cree (AT/ATF-84), a Cherokee-class fleet tug, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the Cree, an indigenous people of North America whose people range from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean.

Cree was one of 70 such vessels produced in this World War II-era class. Military Sealift Command currently uses fleet ocean tugs from the Powhatan class to accomplish a similar mission today. Cree participated in several classified missions such as Operation Wigwam.

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History

United States
Name	USS Cree
Namesake	Cree
Builder	United Engineering Co., San Francisco, California
Laid down	31 March 1942
Launched	17 August 1942
Commissioned	28 March 1943
Reclassified	ATF-84, 15 May 1944
Stricken	21 April 1978
Motto	Ready
Honours and awards	2 battle stars (World War II) 4 battle stars (Korea)
Fate	Sunk as a target, 27 August 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	Cherokee-class fleet tug
Displacement	1,235 long tons (1,255 t) light 1,675 long tons (1,702 t) full
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft	15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 4 × General Motors 12-278A diesel engines driving 4 General Electric generators and 3 General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines single screw 3,600 shp (2,685 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	85 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns 2 × single 20 mm AA guns