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Dorchester Heights (ST-2128)
ex
 ST-2128

Tug:
  • Laid down in 1956, as the steel hulled tug ST-2128 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-2128
  • Named Dorchester Heights (ST-2128), date unknown,
  • Out of service in 1987
  • Final Disposition, fate 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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    Dorchester Heights
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    Namesake
    Dorchester Heights - The Fortification of Dorchester Heights was a decisive action early in the American Revolutionary War that precipitated the end of the siege of Boston and the withdrawal of British troops from that city. On March 4, 1776, troops from the Continental Army under George Washington's command occupied Dorchester Heights, a series of low hills with a commanding view of Boston and its harbor, and mounted powerful cannons there threatening the city and the Navy ships in the harbor. General William Howe, commander of the British forces occupying Boston, planned an attack to dislodge them. However, after a snowstorm prevented its execution, Howe chose to withdraw. British forces, accompanied by Loyalists who had fled to the city during the siege, evacuated the city on March 17 and sailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Wikipedia)
    Dorchester Heights Monument, Boston, Massachusetts. Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, Survey number HABS MA-1171, Call Number HABS MASS,13-BOST,101. Digital id:
    Historical Marker - Dorchester Heights    		 Tommy Trampp

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    Dorchester Heights and the British evacuation of Boston
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