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USAV MG Nathanael Greene (LT-801)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Alpha - Foxtrot - Bravo
 AAFB
MG Nathanael Greene Large Coastal Tug:
  • Built by Robert E. Derecktor Shipyard, Middletown, RI (YN 154)
  • Contract awarded, 05 January 1988
  • Laid down, 25 March 1988
  • Launched, 04 July 1989
  • Contract terminated when Derecktor defaulted, early 1992
  • Completed by Trinity Marine Group, Moss Point, MS (YN T041)
  • Delivered to US Quartermaster Corps, 06 March 1994
  • Intially assigned to the US Army 73rd Floating Craft Co., Little Creek, VA, July 1994
  • Deployed to Haiti in Operation Uphold Democracy, September 1994
  • Assigned to the US Army Reserve 467th Transportation Company, Tacoma, WA.
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • For sale by GSA at Yokohama, October 2021 (reserve not met)
  • Final disposition, still awaiting disposition at Yokohama, 2022
    Specifications:
    Displacement 939 tons (fl)
    Length 128'
    Beam 36'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 16'
    Speed 12 knots (14 mph)
    Complement 23
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    two GM EMD 12-645 FM8 diesel engines, 2550bhp / 1,900kW each
    two shafts
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    Namesake
    MG Nathanael Greene
    3015080103    		 130k Nathanael Greene, 07 August [O.S. 27 July] 1742 – 19 June 1786, (sometimes misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as General George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer, and is known for his successful command in the southern theater of the war.
    Original portrait painted from life by Charles Wilson Peale, 1783.    		 Wikipedia
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    3015080102    		 49k Launch and float out of USAV MG Nathanael Greene (LT-801) at Robert E. Derecktor Shipyard, 04 July 1989. Derecktor Shipyard
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    3015080104    		 805k Starboard side view of USAV MG Nathanael Greene (LT-801) moored in port of Yokohama, 28 April 2018.
    Photo by Hunini via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0    		 Dave Wright
    MG Nathanael Greene
    3015080105    		 739k Stern view of USAV MG Nathanael Greene (LT-801) moored in port of Yokohama, 28 April 2018.
    Photo by Hunini via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0    		 Dave Wright
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    3015080403    		 745k USAV MG Nathanael Greene (LT-801) (left) and USAV BG Zebulon Pike (LT-804) (right) moored pierside in the port of Yokohama, Japan, 28 April 2018.
    Photo by Hunini via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0    		 Dave Wright
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    3015080106    		 64k Seven views of USAV MG Nathanael Greene (LT-801) awaiting sale at Yokohama. Photos from GSA Auction listing, October 2021. Dave Wright
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