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LT-817

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Tug:
  • Laid down in 1945 as a US Army design 254 steel hull tug at Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, W.V.
  • Launched in 1945
  • Delivered in May 1945 to the US Army Quartermaster Corps
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corps, placed in service in May 1945 as LT-817
  • Retired from US Army service in 1946
  • Acquired in 1946 by an Argentinian interest, named Guarani, reflagged Argentina
  • Final Disposition, sunk in 1958
    Specifications:
    Displacement 592 t.(gross), 227t.(net)
    Length 142'2'"
    Beam 31'1"
    Draft 16'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    two Babcock &Wilcox water tube boilers
    one three-cylinder Skinner Uniflow steam engine of 1,200 hp (890 kW)
    single propeller
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