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For actions taken on December 19, 1979
Gallant Ship Award Citation:
During the night of December 19, 1979, the CAPTAIN ED while engaged in berthing a vessel upriver, sighted the Liberian Flag Tanker M/V PINA afire and drifting out of control on the Mississippi River, posing...
For Actions on July 24, 1994
The 85-foot tugboat Pt. Milne was built by Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington, and delivered to Crowley Marine Tug in July 1982. Crowley Marine Tug became Crowley Maritime Services in 1992, and in 1994, Pt....
For actions taken on February 27, 1984:
The Maritime Administration does not have the original Gallant Ship Award citation for this vessel.
Halter Marine in Lockport, Louisiana, built the offshore supply vessel M/V Starlight in 1976, for Offshore Logistics Inc. Offshore...
For actions taken on December 19, 1979
Citation is currently missing.
Glendale Boatworks in Channelview, Texas, built M/V Bonnie Palmer in 1976 for Palmer Barge Line Inc. of Nederland, Texas. The 72-foot-long, twin-screw towboat worked the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and...
For actions taken on December 19, 1979:
Citation is currently missing.
Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania built the Tug Kyle Smith for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1959. Pennsylvania Railroad named the...
For Actions on October 31, 1984
Gallant Ship Award Citation
On October 31, 1984, the Chemical Tanker PUERTO RICAN, with a cargo of chemicals and lubricating oil was departing San Francisco Bay. The Pilot Boat SAN FRANCISCO was making its routine approach to lee of the...
For actions taken on February 27, 1984
The Maritime Administration does not have the original Gallant Ship Award citation for this vessel
McDermott Shipbuilding in Amelia, Louisiana, built the offshore supply vessel (OSV), M/V Enterprise in 1973 for Offshore Logistics Inc....
For actions taken on December 19, 1979:
Citation is currently missing.
Walker Marine in Pascagoula, Mississippi, built the M/V Okaloosa in 1974, for the Sela Towing Company. The 68-foot-long, 107-ton towboat worked the Mississippi River...
For actions taken on December 19, 1979:
Citation is currently missing.
Jakobson Shipyard in Oyster Bay, Long Island, built the tug James E. Smith for the Bush Terminal Railroad Company in 1958. Bush Terminal named the 98-...
The first federal agency charged with promoting a U.S. merchant marine was the United States Shipping Board of 1916. With America’s entry into World War I in 1917, the Shipping Board constructed a fleet of merchant vessels that later became the nucleus of the U.S. maritime industry in the...