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BSP-1929



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

Barge - Self-propelled:
  • Built in 1944 as US Army wooden hulled self-propelled Barge BSP-1929 by Maritime Shipyard, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermasters Corps in 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corp. placed in service as self-propelled barge BSP-1929
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Sold, date unknown, converted to a fishing boat, named FV Whale
  • Renamed FV Dorothea, date unknown
  • 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-1929
    3028192902
    96k Ex-BSP-1929 in service as the commercial fishing boat FV Whale on the blocks, date and location unknown.
    Photo from www.flickr.com by Old Salt
    John Spivey
    BSP-1929
    3028192901
    39k Ex-BSP-1929 in service as the commercial fishing boat FV Dorothea underway, date and location unknown.
    historicfishing.smugmug
    John Spivey

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