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ST-890

US Army Small Tug:
  • Laid down in in 1944, by JK Welding Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. as the US Army design 327-D small tug ST-890
  • Launched in 1945
  • Completed in 1945
  • Delivered to US Quartermaster Corps in April 1945
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corp., placed in service as ST-890
  • Retired from Army service, date unknown
  • Sold in 1961 to Samson Tug & Barge Co. Inc., Sitka, AK,, renamed Martin D.
  • Final Disposition, foundered 15 January 1974 at the entrance to Wrangell Narrows, Wrangell, AK.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100t. (net) 147t. (gross)
    Length 80.2'
    Beam 23.2'
    Draft 9.1'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one 650 hp 6cyl Busch-Sulzer diesel engine
    single propeller
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