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LT-114

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Tug:
  • Laid down in 1942 as the Maritime Commission type V2-ME-A1 steel hull tug Port Allegheny at Calumet Shipyard and Drydock Co., Chicago, IL.
  • Launched in 1942
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 5 October 1942
  • Purchased by the War Department, 5 October 1942
  • Delivered in October 1942 to the US Army Quartermaster Corps
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corps, placed in service in October 1942 as LT-114
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Initially acquired for commercial service 1946 and placed in service with the following names initially Dye, later Porpoise, Sachem, and again Porpoise
  • Current/Final Disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 203 t.(gross)
    Length 94'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 14'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one 1,050hp diesel engine
    single propeller
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