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By 100k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) under way, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo MSC 76k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) towing ex-USS Grayback (LPSS-574) out of Subic Bay, P.I. for a SINKEX, 13 August 1986.
US Navy photo Darryl Baker 342k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) sits in the medium auxiliary floating dry dock Resourceful (AFDM-5) while undergoing routine hull maintenance at US Naval Ship Repair Facility, US Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines, 1 January 1987.
Department of Defense photo # DN-ST-93-01079. 325k Port bow view of USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) under way at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, while towing two barges, 1 August 1987. Catawaba is carrying an orange target sled on deck.
US Navy Photo by PH2 Ellenwood now in the collections of DoDMedia. Robert Hurst 329k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) with USS Cole (DDG 67) under tow as they depart Aden, Yemen, 29 October 2000. Cole was placed aboard the Norwegian heavy transport ship M/V Blue Marlin and transported back to the United States for repair.
DOD photo # 001629-M-0557M-011 by Sgt. Don L. Maes, USMC Robert Hurst 115k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) at anchor in the Arabian Gulf, 20 June 2003. Catawba is forward deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US Navy photo # 030620-N-5362A-003 by PH1 Arlo K. Abrahamson. Navy Newsstand 175k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) steams through the waters of the Arabian Gulf. 20 June 2003. Catawba is forward deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US Navy photo # 030618-N-5362A-501 by PH1 Arlo K. Abrahamson. Navy Newsstand 593k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) cruises the Arabian Gulf while participating in exercises, 19 June 2004. Catawba is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
US Navy photo # 040619-N-5319A-002 (Arabian Gulf) by PH1 Brien Aho Robert Hurst 2394k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) prepares to conduct a personnel transfer with the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), not pictured. Vella Gulf is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
081111-N-1082Z-005 INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2008) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
081119-N-1082Z-050 INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) 2934k Sailors from the visit, board, search, and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) conduct compliant boarding training aboard USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168). Vella Gulf is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 081119-N-1082Z-050 INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky. Lee Wahler and Robert Hurst 2143k 1239k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) provides fuel and fresh water to MV Faina following its release by Somali pirates Feb. 5 after holding it for more than four months. The U.S. Navy has remained within visual range of the ship and maintained a 24-hour, 7-days a week presence since it was captured. The Belize-flagged cargo ship is owned and operated by "Kaalbye Shipping Ukraine" and is carrying a cargo of Ukrainian T-72 tanks and related equipment. The ship was attacked on Sept. 25 and forced to proceed to anchorage off the Somali Coast. U.S. 5th Fleet conducts maritime security operations to promote stability and regional economic prosperity.
US Navy photo # 090206-N-3931M-116 SOMALIA (Feb. 6, 2009) by MC1 Michael R. McCormick. Lee Wahler 263k USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) under way, 9 November 2012, location unknown.
Photo by General125 (real name unknown) Robert Hurst
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