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LT-215

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Large Oceangoing Tug
  • Laid down in December 1943 as a US Army, design 293 wooden hull tug, at Puget Sound Boat Building, Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps April 1944
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corps, placed in service as LT-215
  • Retired from US Army service in 1946
  • Acquired in 1946 by a Chineses interest, named Ting Chang
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 270 t.(gross)
    Length 127'
    Beam 28'
    Draft 16'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    two diesel engines, 1,350hp
    two propellers
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