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LT-821

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 July 1945 to the US Army Quartermaster Corps
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corps, placed in service in July 1945 as LT-821
  • Retired from US Army service, circa 1947
  • Acquired in 1947 by Arundel Corp., Baltimore, MD., renamed Brooklyn
  • Acquired in 1965 by DeFelice Marine Towing Co., Lake Charles, LA., name retained
  • Acquired in 1966 by Reuben C. Pace, New Orleans, LA., renamed Lee Reuben
  • Acquired in 1970 by Escanaba Towing Co., Escanaba, MI., name retained
  • Acquired in 1973 by Hannah Marine Corp., Lemont, IL., name retained, renamed Mary E Hannah in 1975
  • Acquired in 2009 by King Co,, Holland, MI., name retained
  • In 2010, the tug went on long term charter to the Calumet River Fleeting Co., Chicago, IL., name retained and fitted with an upper wheelhouse
  • Mary E Hannah primarily moves the tank barge A-410 owned by Andrie Inc., Muskegon, MI. along with ice breaking duties as needed
    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 EMD 16-567C diesel engines, 3,200hp
    twin propellers
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    LT-821
    3015082101    		 250k Ex-US Army tugboat LT-821 as Escanaba Towing Co. the tug Lee Ruben tied up, date and location unknown
    Photo by Fred Miller, courtesy TugboatInformation    		 Tommy Trampp
    LT-821
    3015082102    		 69k Ex-US Army tugboat LT-821 as the Calumet River Fleeting Co. tug Mary E Hannah underway, date and location unknown
    Photo by Fred Miller, courtesy TugboatInformation    		 Tommy Trampp
    LT-821
    3015082103    		 198k Ex-US Army tugboat LT-821 as the tug Mary E Hannah tied up, date and location unknown
    Photo by Fred Miller, courtesy TugboatInformation    		 Tommy Trampp
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