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USAV MG Winfield Scott (LT-805)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - Tango - Juliet
 ADTJ
Nathanael Greene Large Coastal Tug:
  • Built by Robert E. Derecktor Shipyard, Middletown, RI (YN 158)
  • Contract awarded, 22 February 1989
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Contract terminated when Derecktor defaulted, early 1992
  • Completed by Trinity Marine Group, Moss Point, MS (YN T045)
  • Delivered to US Quartermaster Corps, 30 September 1994
  • Assigned to the US Army 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), Fort Eustis, VA
  • Sold by GSA at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA, to Interlake Maritime Services, Ludington, MI, 20 August 2021
  • Arrived at Ludington under tow, 29 November 2021
  • Final disposition, status unknown
    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
    Winfield Scott
    3015080501    		 219k Winfield Scott - (13 June 1786 – 29 May 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early stages of the American Civil War, and various conflicts with Native Americans. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election.
    Portrait of Brevet LT. GEN. Winfield Scott made at West Point, N.Y., June 10, 1862. The subscribers claim that, for correctness of portraiture, finish and detail, it is pre-eminently the best portrait of the Great American Military Chieftain., Source-Heritage Auctions    		 Wikipedia
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    Winfield Scott
    3015080502    		 652k USAV MG Winfield Scott (LT-805) moored pierside at Boston, MA, September 2010. LPFixIt at en.wikipedia
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    3015080504    		 81k USAV MG Winfield Scott (LT-805), assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), returns to Third Port at Fort Eustis, VA, 05 January 2015, after being displaced for two years. Winfield Scott returned after a month-long dredging process was recently completed at Third Port, clearing the waters of build up sediment.
    US Air Force photo #'s 150105-F-XR14-018, 150105-F-XR14-040 and 150105-F-XR14-048 by Senior Airman Kimberly Nagle    		 Joint Base Langley-Eustis
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    3015080507    		 222k USAV MG Winfield Scott (LT-805) tows Landing Craft Utility USAV Bristoe Station (LCU-2006) during a training exercise held at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, VA, 03 August 2012.
    US Army photo # 120808-A-FE00-003 by Sgt. Edwin Rodriguez    		 Joint Base Langley-Eustis
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