Submitted by Larry Richter to National Association of Fleet Tug SailorsĮx- USS Chilula (ATF-153) in tow by USCGC Cherokee (WAT-165) in 1956 on her way to the Coast Guard Yard Curtis Bay, MD. USS Chilula (ATF-153) underway, circa 1945 USS Chilula (ATF-153) commissioning crew photo, 5 April 1945 at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C. USS Chilula (ATF-153) and USS Chimanko (ATF-154) fitting out in January 1945 at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C. Seven ATF's are visible, three on the ways at right, and four fitting out at left. Overall view of Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Charleston S.C., in January 1945. US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photo was taken from the mainmast of USS Chawasha (ATF-151) which was also fitting out. Six ATF's are visible three fitting out and three on the ways.
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Single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gears Propulsion four GM 12-278A 750hp Diesel-electric engines
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During World War II USS Chilula was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.Commissioned USS Chilula (AT-153), 5 April 1945, LT.Reclassified, Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF-153),.
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