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Big Switch (BD-6700)

Non Self-propelled Derrick Barge:

Laid down in 1967 as US Army Derrick Barge BD-6700 at Wiley Manufacturing, Port Deposit, MD.

Launched, 1968

Delivered to the US Army Quartermasters Corps in March 1968

Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corp.

Placed in service as Big Switch (BD-6700) in 1968

Retired from US Army service, date unknown

Sold, date unknown, to Weeks Marine, renamed Weeks 569

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,630 t.
Length 140'
Beam 70'
Draft 6'3" (loaded)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Big Switch (BD-6700)
3028670001	155k	*Namesake* Big Switch - Operation Big Switch was the repatriation of all remaining prisoners of the Korean War. Photo - North Korean POWs on US Army trucks, 12 August 1953, during Operation Big Switch. The POWs have ripped off their clothing and strewed it along the road. Some of the clothing is burning. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD., Identifier 520998	Tommy Trampp
Commercial Service
3028670002	149k	Weeks Marine Derrick Barge *Weeks 569, moored, date and location unknown. shipspotting.com by cdaf*	John Spivey

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