Keywords: USS Chowanoc (ATF-100) tows USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) c1958.jpg The U S Navy fleet tug USS Chowanoc ATF-100 tows the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea CVS-47 Philippine Sea was decommissioned 28 December 1958 and berthed with the United States Reserve Fleet at Long Beach California USA http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196211 pdf November 1962 p 30 ca 1958 USN All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy Abnaki class fleet ocean tug USS Philippine Sea CV-47 |