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LT-815

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 1945 as a US Army design 254 steel hull tug at Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, W.V.
  • Launched in 1945
  • Delivered in April 1945 to the US Army Quartermaster Corps
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corps, placed in service in April 1945 as LT-815
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Acquired in 1964 by Foss Launch and Tug Co., Tacoma, WA. named Henry Foss
  • Acquired in 1984 by O.L. Schmidt Barge Lines Inc., Lemont, IL., renamed Kristin Lee
  • Acquired in 1984 by Hannah Maritime Corp., Lemont, IL., renamed Kristin Lee Hannah
  • In 2000 Hannah Maritime Corp. renamed the tug David E. and laid her up at Chicago, IL.
  • Acquired in 2009 by Calumet River Fleeting, Chicago, IL., name retained
  • Acquired in 2010 by an undisclosed, Indiana based, private interest, name retained and laid up at Indiana Harbor, IN.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 592 t.(gross), 227t.(net)
    Length 142'2'"
    Beam 31'1"
    Draft 16'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion As Built
    two Babcock &Wilcox water tube boilers
    one three-cylinder Skinner Uniflow steam engine of 1,200 hp (890 kW)
    single propeller
    Propulsion Rebuild
    two 8cyl Nordberg diesel engines, 1,800hp
    twin propeller
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    LT-815
    3015081501    		 57k Ex-US Army tugboat LT-815 as the Hannah Maritime Corp tug Kristin Lee Hannah underway, date and location unknown
    Photo by ©2006 Marc Piche    		 Great Lakes Tugs and Workboats
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