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US Army T-Boat T-57

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Tender:

Built in 1943 as the wooden-hull T-Boat T-57 at M.M. Davis & Sons, Solomons, MD.

Launched in 1943

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in March 1943

Placed in service in March 1943 as US Army T-Boat T-57

During World War II T-57 saw service in the South Pacific

Placed out of service, date unknown

Purchased in 1946 by a Maine concern for service as a lobster transport along the US Northeastern seaboard

Current Disposition, active in merchant service ferrying passengers, mail and freight between Port Clyde and Monhegan Island, Maine

Specifications:
Displacement 57 t. (gross)
Length 65'
Beam 18'
Depth of Hull unknown
Draft 8'
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Armament two 50cal machine guns

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion

one diesel engine, 230 hp

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
302905701	58k	M/V Laura B. (Ex-US Army T-Boat T-57) mooed pierside, date and location unknown.		John Spivey

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