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.
USSCree (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...
Two of the bombs detonated alongside the Cree and caused slight damage. The third bomb fell directly on USSCree but failed to explode. The Supreme Court...
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Thomaston took her in tow and headed for Pearl Harbor, transferring the tow to USSCree on 12 November. The LSD's stop at Pearl Harbor was a brief one, though...
Three personnel received doses of over 0.5 rem (5 mSv). Other sailors on USSCree (another Cherokee-class fleet tug) were tasked with measuring radiation...
U.S. Navy on 1 April 1935 as AG-26, a tender for the Presidential Yacht USS Potomac. She returned to Coast Guard jurisdiction on 17 May 1941 and recommissioned...
five injured, all burned. The submarine rescue ship USS Florikan (ASR-9) and fleet ocean tug USSCree (ATF-84) came to Wantuck 's aid, while Lenawee took...
five injured, all burned. The submarine rescue ship USS Florikan (ASR-9) and fleet ocean tug USSCree (ATF-84) came to Wantuck's aid, while Lenawee took...
USS Rowe (DD-564) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. John Rowe was appointed midshipman in the Navy on 2 December 1799. He volunteered...