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Ninety-Six (ST-2123)
ex
 ST-2123

Tug:
  • Laid down in 1956, as the steel hulled tug ST-2123 at American Boiler Works, Erie, PA. for the US Army
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Completed and Delivered by Matton Shipyard Inc., Cohoes, N.Y.
  • Accepted by the US Army Quartermaster Corps. in 1956
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corps. and placed in service as ST-2123
  • Named Ninety-Six (ST-2123), date unknown,
  • Current/Final Disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 54 t. (net) 71 t. (gross)
    Length 67'
    Beam 23'
    Draft 8'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one 600 hp White Atlas Imperial diesel engine
    single propeller
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    Ninety-Six
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    Namesake
    Ninety-Six - Ninety Six was a small frontier town near Greenwood, S,C.—an essential part of the geography of British strongholds designed to seal off Charleston and the low country from French, Spanish, and Indian attack. At the “Star Fort” in Ninety Six, a band of loyalists held their ground, waiting to see what would happen. On May 21, 1781, General Greene and approximately a thousand troops, marched south towards Ninety-Six, to lay “siege” to the Star Fort. It is was the longest field siege of The American Revolution. It lasted 28 days.(Knowitall)    		 Tommy Trampp
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