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[td]==Construction and history==[/td] [td]Built in 1991 at the Swiftships yard in [[Morgan City, Louisiana]], ''Rising Star'' is {{convert|71|ft|m}} long and powered by two [[two-stroke]] [[diesel engine]]s manufactured by [[Detroit Diesel]], capable of generating {{convert|900|shp|kW}} each.<ref name="Brady Peterson Star 2013-09-30" /> A prior U.S. military naming of ''Rising Star'' associated with Greenland was the 1957-1958 code name of "Rising-Star", where [[Army Air Defense Command (United States)|Army Air Defense Command]] used [[Project Nike]] missile emplacements to protect the [[Goose Air Defense Sector]].<ref name="SAC History Thule" />[/td]
[td]''Rising Star'' was built in 1991 at the Swiftships yard in [[Morgan City, Louisiana]]. The tugboat is {{convert|71|ft|m}} long and powered by two [[two-stroke]] [[diesel engine]]s manufactured by [[Detroit Diesel]], capable of generating {{convert|900|shp|kW}} each.<ref name="Brady Peterson Star 2013-09-30" /> A prior U.S. military naming of ''Rising Star'' associated with Greenland was the 1957-1958 code name of "Rising-Star", where [[Army Air Defense Command (United States)|Army Air Defense Command]] used [[Project Nike]] missile emplacements to protect the [[Goose Air Defense Sector]].<ref name="SAC History Thule" />[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]==Construction and history==[/td] [td]Built in 1991 at the Swiftships yard in [[Morgan City, Louisiana]], ''Rising Star'' is {{convert|71|ft|m}} long and powered by two [[two-stroke]] [[diesel engine]]s manufactured by [[Detroit Diesel]], capable of generating {{convert|900|shp|kW}} each.<ref name="Brady Peterson Star 2013-09-30" /> A prior U.S. military naming of ''Rising Star'' associated with Greenland was the 1957-1958 code name of "Rising-Star", where [[Army Air Defense Command (United States)|Army Air Defense Command]] used [[Project Nike]] missile emplacements to protect the [[Goose Air Defense Sector]].<ref name="SAC History Thule" />[/td]
[td]''Rising Star'' was built in 1991 at the Swiftships yard in [[Morgan City, Louisiana]]. The tugboat is {{convert|71|ft|m}} long and powered by two [[two-stroke]] [[diesel engine]]s manufactured by [[Detroit Diesel]], capable of generating {{convert|900|shp|kW}} each.<ref name="Brady Peterson Star 2013-09-30" /> A prior U.S. military naming of ''Rising Star'' associated with Greenland was the 1957-1958 code name of "Rising-Star", where [[Army Air Defense Command (United States)|Army Air Defense Command]] used [[Project Nike]] missile emplacements to protect the [[Goose Air Defense Sector]].<ref name="SAC History Thule" />[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]==Operations==[/td]
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