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MARAD

Legacy ID
281

MV LIBERATOR

For Actions taken on February 27, 1984:

The Maritime Administration does not have the original Gallant Ship Award citation for this vessel.

McDermott New Iberia Shipyard, in New Iberia, Louisiana, built the offshore supply vessel M/V Mark Briley in 1979, for Briley Marine Inc...

TS WILLIAMSBURGH

For Actions on October 4, 1980

Gallant Ship Award Citation:

During the early morning of October 4, 1980, the WILLIAMSBURGH, loaded with crude oil, and en route to Texas from Valdez, Alaska, monitored a distress signal from...

MV CAPTAIN ED

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...

TUG PT. MILNE

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....

MV STARLIGHT

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...

MV BONNIE PALMER

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...

Tug KYLE SMITH

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...

PILOT BOAT SAN FRANCISCO

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...

MV ENTERPRISE

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....

MV OKALOOSA

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...