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Keystone State (BD-6801)

Barge Derrick, Non Self-propelled:
  • Laid down in 1997 as US Army Derrick Barge Keystone State (BD-6801 by Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA.
  • Launched, 1997
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermasters Corps, 15 March 1998
  • Christened, 24 June 1998, and placed in service as Keystone State (BD-6801)
  • Keystone State was christened in honor of soldiers from the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, based in Greensburg, Pa., who were killed when a SCUD hit their makeshift barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 25, 1991.
  • Assigned to the 949th Transportation Company, Brandt U.S. Army Reserve Center, Baltimore, MD.
  • Current Disposition, active in service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,999 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement 115 t.
    Fuel Capacity unknown
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    3028680102    		 336k 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial, Greensburg, PA. The Keystone State Memorial was christened in honor of soldiers from the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, based in Greensburg, PA., who were killed when a SCUD missile hit their makeshift barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on 25 February 1991. It was the single, most devastating blow of the war. Tommy Trampp
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    3028680106    		 25k Diagram of Keystone State (BD-6801).
    Global Security     		Tommy Trampp
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    3028680101    		 87k US Army Small Tugs Cat Lai (ST-915) and Fort Moultrie (ST-912) tow the Derrick Barge Keystone State (BD-6801) out to a pre-scouted area in the James River for the transfer of cargo from ship to ship during an exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., 6 August, 2013.
    U.S. Army photo, DVIDS VIRIN # 130806-A-TD020-401 by Spc. Cal Turner     		Tommy Trampp
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