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ST-9

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Design 255 Small Tugboat:
  • Built by Equitable Equipment Company, Inc., Madisonville, LA (YN 188)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Corps as ST 9, February 1944
  • Named Pilsbury (ST 9), 1944
  • Operated in New Guinea and Philippines, 1944-45
  • Retired from Army service, circa 1949
  • Acquired by McAllister Brothers Inc, Wilmington, DE, renamed Elwina McAllister (ON 258998), 1949
  • Repowered with 1,000hp diesel engine, 1976
  • Acquired by Stanwood Towing Co. Inc., Stanwood, MI, renamed Wood Power No. 2, 1978
  • Acquired by Witpower Corp, manager of West Indies Transport Ltd SA, Panama, renamed Witpower II, reflagged Panamanian, 1980
  • Reflagged Guyana, date unknown
  • Sunk by Hurricane Klaus at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, November 1984
  • Raised in April 1985
  • Taken under tow with the intention of making her an artificial reef; she sank prematurely, however
    Specifications:
    Displacement 139 gross tons
    Length 82'
    Beam 23'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 11 kts
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one 8 cyl National Supply diesel engine, 560hp
    single propeller
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    ST-9
    3015000902    		 493k Postcard of Elwina McAllister on the Delaware River, passing Philadelphia's Society Hill Towers, probably in late 1960s. Dave Wright
    ST-9
    3015000901    		 88k In commercial service as the McAllister Towing Co. tug Elwina McAllister, date and location unknown.
    Photo by Captain Brian Fournier, courtesy tugboatinformation.com     		 
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