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Description:
Former WWII US Army self-propelled barge now used as fishing tender seen moored along the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
Owner: Jay Barnett, Petersburg, AK
USCG #: 274414
AFDG #: 12578
Flag: USA
Hailing Port: Petersburg, AK
Call Sign: WDC8769
Length: 81 feet
Beam: 26.5 feet
Tonnage: 163 GT, 130 NT
Year of Build: 1943
Builder: Maritime Shipyards, Seattle, WA
Former Name: BSP 864
While Grosstonnage lists her as "dead" with a loss date of 17 February, 2008, apparently she was saved from the hairy predicament she encountered: http://www.sitnews.us/0208news/022108/022108_westward.html
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