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ST-243

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 a US Army, design 327 steel tug, at Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange, TX.
  • Launched in March 1943
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in June 1943
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, placed in service as ST-243
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Acquired in 1949 by McAllister Brothers Towing of New York, N.Y., renamed William H. McAllister
  • Final Disposition, while towing a light oil barge on Lake Champlain William H. McAllister, struck Schuyler Reef at at approximately 2300, 17 December 1963 and sank.
    Specifications:
    Displacement140 t.
    Length 86'
    Beam 23'
    Draft 9'6"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion
    one diesel engine, 720bhp
    single propeller
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