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ST-87

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Tug
  • Laid down in 1944 as a US Army design 257-A steel hulled tug at John E. Matton & Sons Inc., Cohoes, N.Y.
  • Launched in February 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, June 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, placed in service as ST-87
  • During World War II ST-87 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater
  • Retired from US Army service circa 1945
  • Transferred in 1945 to the government of the Netherlands at Rotterdam
  • Transferred, 12 June 1946, to the government of Finland, renamed No 10
  • Transferred, 21 November 1946, to the Finnish Navy, redesignated DR-10
  • Redesignated DR-11 in 1949
  • Acquired in 1950 by F.W. Hollming O/Y, Rauma, Finland, converted to an icebreaker
  • Renamed Halli in 1951
  • Acquired 24 June 1958, by ARPEC - Société d'Armement & de Pêche Srl, Port St Louis-du-Rhône, France, renamed Mistral III
  • Acquired in 1962 by Société Dumez SA, Le Havre, France, renamed Jean Luc
  • Acquired in 1973 by Serra Frères Srl, Toulon, France, renamed Jason
  • Final Disposition, broken up in 1986 at La Spezia, Italy
    Specifications:
    Displacement 106 gross tons
    Length 74'
    Beam 20'
    Draft 8.4'
    Speed 9.3 kts
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one 6cyl Atlas-Imperial type 6BM, 400bhp
    single three bladed propeller
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