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USAV MG Henry Knox (LT-802)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - Tango - Golf
 ADTG
Nathanael Greene Large Coastal Tug:
  • Built by Robert E. Derecktor Shipyard, Middletown, RI (YN 155)
  • Contract awarded, 05 January 1988
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, October 1989
  • Contract terminated when Derecktor defaulted, early 1992
  • Completed by Trinity Marine Group, Moss Point, MS (YN T042)
  • Delivered to US Quartermaster Corps, 07 May 1994
  • Assigned to the US Army Reserve 467th Transportation Company, Tacoma, WA
  • Current Disposition, in service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 939 tons (fl)
    Length 128'
    Beam 36'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 16'
    Speed 12 knots (14 mph)
    Complement 23
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    two GM EMD 12-645 FM8 diesel engines, 2550bhp / 1,900kW each
    two shafts
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    Namesake
    Henry Knox
    3015080201    		 62k Henry Knox (25 July 1750 – 25 October 1806) was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, who also served as the first United States Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794.
    Original portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1806.    		 National Museum of the United States Army.
    MG Henry Knox (LT-802)
    Henry Knox
    3015080203    		 65k USAV MG Henry Knox (LT-802) underway near Seattle, WA, towing US Army barge FMS-789 from Tacoma to Seattle, 10 April 2010.
    Photo copyright Clarence Johnson    		 Marine Traffic
    Henry Knox
    3015080202    		 47k USAV MG Henry Knox (LT-802) underway, near Seattle, WA, 08 May 2010.
    Photo copyright Joel Kifer    		 Marine Traffic
    Henry Knox
    3015080204    		 39k USAV MG Henry Knox (LT-802) underway, near Seattle, WA, circa 2010.
    US Army photo via Wikipedia Commons    		 Tommy Trampp
    Henry Knox
    3015080205    		 1017k USAV MG Henry Knox (LT-802) tied up alongside USAV SSG Robert T. Kuroda (LSV-7) at Tacoma, WA, 17 October 2019.
    Photo copyright R. Belesky via shipspotting.com     		Tommy Trampp
    Henry Knox
    3015080206    		 63k USAV MG Henry Knox (LT-802) moored at Tacoma, WA, August 2017.
    Photo from 467th Transportation Company Facebook page    		 Dave Wright
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