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USAV Enduring Freedom (ST-911)


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Dorchester Heights Class Small Tug:
  • Built by Conrad Industries - Orange Shipbuilding, Orange, TX (YN 326)
  • Laid down as Vincennes, date unknown
  • Name changed before launching to Enduring Freedom
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to US Quartermaster Corps, named USAV Enduring Freedom (ST-911), December 2001
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Fort Eustis, VA, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary)
  • Current Disposition, active in service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 109 tons (light)
    Length 60' overall
    Beam 22' 6"
    Draft 6' 6"
    Speed 10.5 knots
    Complement 4
    Cruise Radius 700 miles @ 10.5 knots
    Propulsion
    two Cummins KTA19-M3 diesels, 1280bhp
    two Kaplan 4-bladed swiveling nozzle props

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    Enduring Freedom
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    43k Enduring Freedom was the U.S. governments name for the Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes targeting Al Qaeda and the Taliban had begun in Afghanistan. Operation Enduring Freedom primarily refers to the War in Afghanistan, but it is also affiliated with counterterrorism operations in other countries, such as OEF-Philippines and OEF-Trans Sahara. After 13 years, on 28 December 2014, President Barack Obama announced the end of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Continued operations in Afghanistan by the United States' military forces, both non-combat and combat, now occur under the name Operation Freedom's Sentinel.(Wikipedia)
    U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Timothy Shout scans the nearby ridgeline along with other members of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar Security Force element, following an engagement with anti-Afghan forces. Shout was deployed from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry (Airborne) out of Austin, Texas. The unit took small-arms fire from a nearby mountain top during a routine patrol, and was able to suppress the enemy with the assistance of local Afghan National Security Forces.
    U.S. Army photo
    Tommy Trampp
    USAV Enduring Freedom (ST-911)
    Enduring Freedom
    3015091103
    73k USAV Enduring Freedom (ST-911), moored pierside at Third Port, Fort Eustis, Newport News, VA.
    71st Transportation Battalion Vietnam Veterans First Reunion, Tour of Fort Eustis.
    Tommy Trampp
    Enduring Freedom
    3015091101
    308k USAV Enduring Freedom (ST-911), moored pierside at Yorktown, VA, 04-07 June 2012, while open for touring by the public. Enduring Freedom was taking part in the celebration of the “Star-Spangled Banner” and War of 1812 commemoration as part of Operation Sail 2012.
    DVIDS (US Army photo # 120601-A-#####-240), by SGT. Edwin Rodriquez
    Defense Visual Information Distribution System
    Enduring Freedom
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    64k USAV Enduring Freedom (ST-911) underway on the Alligator River in North Carolina, 16 July 2019.
    Photo from tugster:a water blog
    Tommy Trampp

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