![]() ![]() After overhaul, she reported at Bermuda 20 June to provide tug, towing, and salvage services to the escort vessels and submarines conducting training there.Ĭherokee was reclassified ATF-66, and twice in 1944 crossed the Atlantic to Casablanca to take stricken destroyers in tow for the United States, carrying out these difficult assignments with distinguished seamanship. Fitted with tanks, she served as yard oiler at Casablanca until 3 May, when she departed for Norfolk. The tug remained in North African waters to care for the many ships concentrating there with men and supplies until 31 March 1943. The only tug to accompany the vast invasion fleet across the Atlantic to French Morocco, Cherokee served well off the beaches during their assault 8 through 11 November, and on 11 and 12 November, aided two of the destroyers torpedoed by enemy aircraft. Similar operations continued until 23 October 1942, when Cherokee sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, for the invasion of North Africa. Prewar days found Cherokee sailing on towing duties along the east coast and in the Caribbean.Īs United States naval ships took up convoy escort duties in the western Atlantic to support beleaguered Britain, and as Iceland was occupied by American forces, Cherokee's operating area expanded to Newfoundland and Iceland. Mark and was commissioned on 26 April 1940, Lieutenant Commander P. She was launched on 10 November 1939 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Staten Island, New York. The Cherokee (AT-66) was the third ship of the Navajo class of ocean tugs built for the Navy. Note~BFM now has added for the modelers convenience, the option of PayPal purchasing on their site. Abbott!), and it sure is a beauty! Any modeler who has experienced working with BFM's products, will immediately recognize the same design accuracy, resin quality, and notably, the extremely reasonable cost of a resin kit, with included upgrades (brass rod and photo-etch details). ![]() This kit is Harry's fifth design of the ATF, (with four previous attempts, all unsuccessful, per Mr. Harry Abbott, owner/operator of Battlefleet Models, provides us with the opportunity to examine his new kit, "ATF FLEET OCEAN TUG", kit (s) # BFM708 and limited edition kit (with turned brass 50mm barrel from BMK, Germany) # 708A, and this MSW inbox review is the direct result. ![]()
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