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LT-830

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 327-D steel hull tug at Tampa Marine Inc., Tampa, FL.
  • 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-830
  • Retired from US Army service in 1945
  • Acquired in 1947 by Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, named John R. Hayden
  • Acquired in 1976 by Marine Leasing Corp., Seattle, WA., name retained
  • Marine Leasing Corp. renamed the tug Marine Crusader in 1983.
  • Acquired in 1985 by Alaska Marine Towing Inc., Anchorage, AK., renamed Harris Bay
  • Acquired in 1988 by United Marine Tug and Barge Co., Portland, OR., renamed Marine Crusader
  • Acquired in 1990 by Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co., Portland, OR., Titan
  • Sause Brothers phased the tug out of active service in 2015, laid up in Coos Bay, OR.
    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 Foster Wheeler water tube boilers, 225 psi
    one three-cylinder Skinner Uniflow steam engine of 1,200 hp (890 kW)
    single propeller
    Propulsion 1967 Rebuild
    one 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) General Motors 567C EMD F-7 engine
    single propeller
    Propulsion 1976 Rebuild
    two, sixteen cylinder, General Motors, Detroit Diesel 149T1 diesel engines
    one pair of twin-shaft, input/single-shaft, output Lufkin reduction gears
    two controllable-pitch propellers, for a rated 3,200 horsepower
    Propulsion 1990 Rebuild
    two twelve cylinder turbo EMD diesel engines
    Lufkin reduction gears, at a ratio of 3.5:1, for a rated 4,480 horsepower
    two controllable-pitch propellers, for a rated 3,200 horsepower
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    LT-830
    3015083001    		 149k Ex-US Army tugboat LT-830 as the Santa Fe Railroad tug John R Hayden at Todd shipyard, Alameda, CA. where she was dieselized. The tug is painted in "War Bonnet" colors which were similar to the Santa Fe Super Chief diesel-electric locomotives.
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    LT-830
    3015083002    		 151k Ex-US Army tugboat LT-830 as the Marine Leasing Corp. tug Marine Crusader underway, date and location unknown.
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    LT-830
    3015083003    		 108k Ex-US Army tugboat LT-830 as the Alaska Marine Towing Inc. tug Harris Bay moored pierside, date and location unknown.
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    LT-830
    3015083004    		 96k Ex-US Army tugboat LT-830 as the Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co. tug Titan underway, date and location unknown.
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