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BSP-789


Precedence of awards is from left to right
- American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Barge - Self-propelled:
  • Laid down in 1942 as the wooden hulled Self-propelled Barge BSP-789 at Maritime Shipyard, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 1942
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in January 1942
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps., placed in service as BSP-789 in 1942
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 145 t. gross, 118 t. net
    Length 99.2'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 9.1'
    Speed unknown
    Range 8 kts
    Complement 9
    Armament one 50cal machine gun
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    two Detroit diesel engines
    two shafts, 340shp
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    BSP-789
    3028078901    		 86k US Army Self-propelled Barge BSP-789 underway probably during builders trials in Puget Sound, circa 1942.
    historicfishing.smugmug.com    		 John Spivey
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