USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) cuts through the waters off the coast of southern California, 10 September 1997. Submitted by: Bill Gonyo
....Powhatan Class Fleet Ocean Tug: Laid down, 14 December 1977 at Marinette Marine Corp. Marinette, WI
Length: 226 ft., Beam: 42 ft., Draft: 15 ft., Speed: 14.5 knots Navsource
Complement: 16 civilians, 4 nay )communications unit) Armament: two chain guns, two .50 cal. machine guns
Propulsion: two GM EMD 20-645F7B diesels (5.73 MW sustained), two shafts, kort nozzles, cp props, bow thruster, 300hp (224KW)
USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) tows ex-Belleau Wood (LHA-3) out of Pearl Harbor to open waters off Hawaii for an upcoming sinking exercise
(SINKEX) as part of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. Belleau Wood will become an artificial reef near Hawaii. Eight nations
are participating in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings
together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.
US Navy photo # 060710-N-9288T-041 by MC2 Brandon A. Teeples. Submitted by: Tony Cowart
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