USS Navajo (AT-52)

USS Navajo assists with the salvage of USS F-4 (SS-23), April–August 1915.
History
United States
NameUSS Navajo
BuilderNeafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Launched1907
Acquiredby purchase, 21 November 1907
Commissioned17 March 1908, as Fleet Tug No. 52
Decommissioned24 April 1937
ReclassifiedAT-52, 17 July 1920
Stricken
  • 24 April 1937
  • Restored, 14 January 1942
In service15 March 1942
Out of service9 February 1946
ReclassifiedIX–56, 14 January 1942
Stricken9 February 1946
FateSold for scrapping, 23 November 1948
General characteristics
TypeTugboat
Displacement800 long tons (813 t)
Length141 ft 4 in (43.08 m)
Beam27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draft14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

USS Navajo (AT-52) was a tug built in 1907 by Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, purchased by the United States Navy on 21 November 1907 and commissioned on 17 March 1908 as Fleet Tug No.52.