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USAV TP-123

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Tender:
  • Built circa 1943-44 as the Design 333 wooden hull tender TP-123 by Payton Co., Newport Beach, CA.
  • Launched, circa 1943-44
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, circa March to August 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, commissioned USAV TP-123 for service in Alaskan waters
  • Decommissioned and placed out of service, date unknown
  • Sold in 1947 to Coos Bay Lumber Co., Coos Bay OR. renamed Santrina (I)
  • Resold in 1951 to Pacific (Coyle) Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC, reflagged Canada
  • Resold in 1957 to Straits Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC, renamed Pacific Master
  • Renamed Haro Straits (I) in 1961
  • Resold in 1964 to Texada Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC, renamed Haro (I)
  • Resold in 1972 to Rivtow Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC
  • Resold in 1979 to Surfline Timber Products Ltd., Campbell River BC
  • Resold in 1981 to Driftwood Enterprises Ltd., Burnaby BC
  • Renamed Driftwood (II) in 1982
  • Resold in 1999 to Queen Charlotte Lodge Ltd., Vancouver BC
  • Renamed Songhee (II) circa 2011
  • Resold in 2013 to Daniel Savard, Lakefield ON , berthed at Port Alberni BC and operated as the Swept Away Inn, (a B. & B. with 8 staterooms and 6 heads).
  • Current/Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 185 gt.
    Length 97'
    Beam 25'
    Depth of Hull unknown
    Draft 11'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Rebuilt in 1979 to 91' x 24.6' x 13' 215gt
    Propulsion
    As Built - one Fairbanks–Morse six cylinder diesel engine
    Repowered circa 1964 - one 765bhp CAT diesel engine
    Repowered circa 2011 - one 560kw diesel engine
    single propeller, 450 shp
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    USAV TP-123
    TP-123
    302912301    		 227k USAV TP-123 at anchor in Alaskan waters, date and location unknown. Liv Ballard
    Commercial Service
    TP-123
    302912302    		 151k EX- USAV TP-123 moored pierside, date and location unknown while in commercial service as the Straits Towing Ltd. of Vancouver BC, tug Pacific Master Courtesy The Nauticapedia
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