Rising Star (ship, 1991)
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The USAF operates the Rising Star, at Thule AFB, during the two to three months a year the port is ice-free.
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| Name: | Rising Star |
| Operator: | United States Air Force[1] |
| Builder: | Swiftships yard, Morgan City, Louisiana[1] |
| In service: | 1991[1] |
| Homeport: | Thule, Greenland |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Tugboat |
| Length: | 71 feet (22 m)[1] |
| Installed power: | 900 shaft horsepower (670 kW)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 two-stroke diesel engines[1] |
The Rising Star is a tugboat operated by the United States Air Force to assist cargo vessels supplying its Thule AFB, in northern Greenland.[1][2] The tugboat is operated during the less than three months the port is ice-free. For the remainder of the year the vessel is pulled up on the beach.
Built in 1991, the Rising Star is 71 feet (22 m) long.[1] She is powered by two two-stroke diesel engines, capable of generating 900 shaft horsepower (670 kW) each. She was built at the Swiftships yard in Morgan City, Louisiana.[1]
The Rising Star is the US Air Force's only tugboat.[1]
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