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BSP-864


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Barge - Self-propelled:
  • Built circa 1944-45 as US Army Design 396 wooden hulled self- propelled Barge BSP-864 by Maritime Shipyards, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Placed in service, circa December 1944 - April 1945
  • Assigned to duty in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Sold, date unknown, for service as a commercial fishing vessel, named Westward
  • Renamed Deception, date unknown
  • Name reverted to Westward, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, lost to grounding, 16 February 2008, Prince of Wales Island
    Specifications:
    Displacement 163 t.
    Length 88'
    Beam 26'
    Draft 9'
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    two diesel engines
    two shafts, 240shp
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    BSP-864
    3028086401    		 45k Fishing vessel Westward (Ex-US Army BSP-864) at anchor, date and location unknown. John Spivey
    BSP-864
    3028086402    		 164k Fishing vessel Westward (Ex-US Army BSP-864) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Photo from Flickr, by Kyle S.    		 John Spivey
    BSP-864
    302808640    		 67k Fishing vessel Westward after running aground, 16 February 2008, in Southwest Alaska near Point Ildefonso on the Southwest side of Prince of Wales Island west of Klawock, Alaska.
    Photo from www.picryl.com by United Stated Department of Homeland Security    		 John Spivey
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