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USAV Desert Storm (ST-9146)

Dorchester Heights Class Small Tug:
  • Built by Conrad Industries - Orange Shipbuilding, Orange, TX
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to US Quartermaster Corps, named USAV Desert Storm (ST-916), March 2007
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Fort Eustis, VA
  • Sold and registered in merchant service as Resurrection (ON 1317267), 2021
    Specifications:
    Displacement 109 tons (light)
    Length 60' overall
    Beam 22' 6"
    Draft 6' 6"
    Speed 10.5 knots
    Complement 4
    Cruise Radius 700 miles @ 10.5 knots
    Propulsion
    two Cummins KTA19-M3 diesels, 1280bhp
    two Kaplan 4-bladed swiveling nozzle props
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    USAV Desert Storm (ST-916)
    General Frank S. Besson, Jr.
    30100303    		 178k Soldiers of the 481st Transportation Company along with crew members of USAV Gen. Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3), prepared and loaded two Army tugboats, USAV Sag Harbor (ST-906) and USAV Desert Storm (ST-916), onto Gen. Brehon B. Somervell at Port Hueneme, CA., 21 July 2014. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell had just returned from Baltimore, MD., and was headed to its home unit in Tacoma, WA.
    U.S. Army photo # 140721-A-ZZ999-00    		 Robert Hurst
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