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Col. William G. Gambrill

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Design 222 Tug:

Built by Equitable Equipment Co., Madisonville, LA (YN 138)

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps as the tug Colonel William G. Gambrill, June 1941

Transferred to Surinaamsche Bauxite Maatschappij, Paramaribo, Surinam, renamed Zeeland II, circa 1942

Registered to Witpower Corp., manager of West Indies Transport Ltd SA, Panama, renamed Witpower (IMO 7034593), circa 1966

Derelict at Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands, by 2008

Final disposition, arrived at Aliaga, Turkey, for scrapping, 13 February 2020

Specifications:
Displacement 142 gross tons
Length 82'
Beam 23'
Draft 10'
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion

one Superior 8-cylinder diesel, 560 hp

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Namesake
3015902303	25k	William Gorman Gambrill was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, 10 August 1872. Gambrill served as a volunteer with the rank of Major during the Spanish-American War. Subsequently he was appointed paymaster in the regular Army, and with the consolidation of that branch with the Commissary and Quartermaster departments, served with the latter. He served in Europe with the AEF during World War One. Postwar he was quartermaster of the Third Corps. Colonel Gambrill died at Army & Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 13 July 1930. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery. Photo from Baltimore Sun, 18 January 1923	Dave Wright
Commercial Service
3015902301	130k	*Witpower* derelict at Charlotte Amalie, USVI, 22 May 2017. Photo copyright Vladimir Knyaz, via shipspotting.com (cropped)	Dave Wright
3015902302	217k	*Witpower* at Aliaga, Turkey, awaiting scrapping, February 2020. Photo copyright @captselim, via picuki.com	Dave Wright

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