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BSP-1915


Precedence of awards is from left to right
- American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Barge - Self-propelled:
  • Built between 1942 and 1944 a as US Army wooden hulled self- propelled Barge BSP-1915 by Maritime Shipyard, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, between 1942 and 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermasters Corps between 1942 and 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corp. placed in service as self-propelled barge BSP-1915
  • Placed out of service in 1949
  • Transferred to US Fish and Wildlife Service, 14 May 1949, at Kodiak, AK., Commissioned RV Murre II (FRV-63)
  • Transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 3 October 1970, redesignated NOAAS Murre II (FRV-63)
  • Redesignated NOAAS Murre II (R-663), circa 1972-73
  • Decommissioned in 1989
  • Sold in 1991, eventually Murre II was acquired by a community college in Poulsbo, WA., for use in Puget Sound as a training vessel for scallop draggers
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 95 t.
    Length 86'
    Beam 24'
    Draft 7'5"
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement 9
    Armament one 50cal machine gun
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    two diesel engines
    two shafts, 270shp
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    BSP-1915
    3028191501    		 51k Ex-BSP-1915 in commission as the US Fish and Wildlife Service research vessel Murre II (FRV-63), circa 1949-1970.
    Wikipedia    		 Tommy Trampp
    BSP-1915
    3028191502    		 48k Ex-BSP-1915 in commission as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Murre II (R-663), circa 1970 - 1989.
    Wikipedia    		 Tommy Trampp
    BSP-1915
    3028191503    		 48k Starboard quarter view of ex-BSP-1915 underway while in commission as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Murre II (R-663), circa 1970 - 1989.
    Wikipedia    		 Tommy Trampp
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