UNDERWAY! 2025 Wall Calendar / W.W. II SPECIAL EDITION

NOW AVAILABLE -
CLICK HERE
For RATING SHIRTS - Click on your Rating Abbreviation below:
AB AC AD AE AG AK AM AO AQ AS AT AW AX AZ BM BT BU
CE CM CS CT DC DK DM DP DS DT EA EM EN EO ET EW
FC FT GM GS (53-61) GS (78-Now) HM HT IC IM IS IT JO LI LN LS
MA (48-67) MA (72-Now) ME ML MM MN MR MS MT MU NAVY NC ND OM OS OT
PC PH PM PN PR QM RD (WW2) RD (48-72) RM SD SF SH SK SM
SO ST SV SW TM UT WT YN NAVY DIVER
Click on your Rating abbreviation above:


U.S.S. LIPAN

(ATF-85)


Click to view crew list
 

ATF-85 Deployments - Major Events

Add a ATF-85 Shellback Initiation Add a ATF-85 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1942-Keel Date: 30 MAY 1942
at United Engineering Co. San Francisco CA
SEP1942-Launch Date: 17 SEP 1942
APR1943-Commissioned: 29 APR 1943
SEP1950-OCT1951Inchon Landing
JAN1952-JAN1953Korean War
DEC1962-JUN1963West Pac
AUG1964-AUG1968West Pac-Viet Nam
DEC1966-JAN1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-MAR1968West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1967-MAR1968ATF 85 USS LIPAN
APR1967-MAR1968ATF 85 USS LIPAN VUNG TAU VIETNAM
APR1967-MAR1968West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1969-DEC1969Alaska
MAR1969-DEC1969Alaska
FEB1971-MAR1971Dry Dock
JAN1972-JAN1973West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1973-JUN1973West Pac-Viet Nam

ATF-85 General Specifications

Class: Navajo-class fleet tug

Complement: 85 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1235 tons

Length: 205 feet

Beam: 38 feet 6 inches

Draft: 15 feet 4 in

Final Disposition: Loaned to the United States Coast Guard 30 September 1980