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USS Lipan (ATF-85) moored outboard of USS Horace A. Bass (APD-124) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 8 April 1946.
History
United States
Name
USS Lipan
Builder
United Engineering Co., San Francisco, California
Laid down
30 May 1942
Launched
17 September 1942
Commissioned
29 April 1943
Reclassified
ATF-85, 15 May 1944
USNS Lipan (T-ATF-85), 1972
Stricken
23 January 1989
Honors and awards
2 battle stars (World War II)
4 battle stars (Korea)
Fate
Loaned to the United States Coast Guard, 30 September 1980
United States
Name
USCGC Lipan (WMEC-85)
Acquired
30 September 1980
Decommissioned
31 March 1988
Fate
Returned to US Navy, 31 March 1988
Sunk as a target, 22 January 1990
General characteristics
Class and type
Navajo-class fleet tug
Displacement
1,235 long tons (1,255 t)
Length
205 ft (62 m)
Beam
38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft
15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Propulsion
Diesel-electric
four General Motors 12-278A diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines
single screw
3,600 shp (2,685 kW)
Speed
16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement
85
Armament
1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts
2 × single 20 mm guns
USS Lipan (AT-85) was a Navajo-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned." She served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and the Korean War. She was awarded two battle stars for World War II and four battle stars for the Korean War.
Lipan was laid down 30 May 1942 by United Engineering Co., San Francisco, California; launched on 17 September 1942; sponsored by Miss Jean Kell; and commissioned on 29 April 1943.
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14 ships received the award in 1961 and 1962. The 1963 ship history for USS Enterprise (CVN-65) reported that they were awarded the (presumably 1962)...
at Leyte. On 23 September 1945 she departed San Pedro Bay under tow by Lipan (ATF-85) and headed in convoy bound for Okinawa. A vicious typhoon dispersed...
Spain's least populated provinces. In 1749, the Spanish peace treaty with the Lipan Apache angered many tribes, including the Comanche, Tonkawa, and Hasinai...
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rings of fungi. Elatsoe, the protagonist, practises magic from her native Lipan Apache family, and can raise the ghosts of dead animals. Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld...
represented on the AIA board include Sac and Fox, Luiseño, Kumeyaay, Seminole, Lipan/Mescalero Apache and the Barona Band of Mission Indians. Notable members...
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